Acute renal failure: A rare presentation of Sheehan′s syndrome

• Main Authors: Manzoor A Bhat, Bashir A Laway, Faheem A Allaqaband, Suman K Kotwal, Imtiyaz A Wani, Khursheed A Banday
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2012-01-01
• Series: Indian Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism
• Subjects: Acute kidney injury; acute renal failure; Sheehan′s syndrome
• Online Access: http://www.ijem.in/article.asp?issn=2230-8210;year=2012;volume=16;issue=2;spage=306;epage=309;aulast=Bhat

Sheehan′s syndrome occurs as a result of ischemic pituitary necrosis secondary to severe postpartum bleeding. It is one of the most common causes of hypopituitarism, characterized by variable clinical presentation. Acute kidney injury occurs rarely in Sheehan′s syndrome and most of the cases have been found to be precipitated by rhabdomyolysis. We here present a case of Sheehan′s syndrome with acute kidney injury where theprecipitating cause was chronic hypocortisolemia. We believe this is the first reported case of Sheehan′s syndrome in which acute kidney injury was precipitated by adrenal insufficiency.