Simmonds disease
Shee·han syn·drome
(shē'an),hypopituitarism developing postpartum as a result of pituitary necrosis; caused by ischemia due to a hypotensive episode during delivery.
Synonym(s): pituitary cachexia, postpartum pituitary necrosis syndrome, Simmonds disease, thyrohypophysial syndrome
Shee·han syn·drome
(shē'an),hypopituitarism developing postpartum as a result of pituitary necrosis; caused by ischemia due to a hypotensive episode during delivery.
Sim·monds dis·ease
(sim'ŏndz di-zēz')Anterior pituitary insufficiency due to trauma, vascular lesions, or tumors; usually developing postpartum as a result of pituitary necrosis caused by ischemia during a hypotensive episode during delivery; characterized clinically by asthenia, loss of weight and body hair, arterial hypotension, and manifestations of thyroid, adrenal, and gonadal hypofunction.
Synonym(s): hypophysial cachexia, pituitary cachexia.
Synonym(s): hypophysial cachexia, pituitary cachexia.
Simmonds,
Morris, German physician, 1855-1925.Simmonds disease - anterior pituitary insufficiency due to trauma, vascular lesions, or tumors. Synonym(s): hypophysial cachexia; pituitary cachexia; Simmonds syndrome
Simmonds syndrome - Synonym(s): Simmonds disease
Sim·monds dis·ease
(sim'ŏndz di-zēz')Anterior pituitary insufficiency due to trauma, vascular lesions, or tumors.
Synonym(s): hypophysial cachexia, pituitary cachexia.
Synonym(s): hypophysial cachexia, pituitary cachexia.