MR OF NONHEMORRHAGIC POSTPARTUM PITUITARY APOPLEXY

A 30-year-old woman had uterine bleeding and hypotension after deliver y, Hyponatremic seizures and a mild headache prompted early neuroimagi ng, which disclosed an enlarged nonhemorrhagic pituitary gland with su bsequent involution consistent with pituitary apoplexy (Sheehan syndro me). Endocrinologic investigation confirmed a partial pituitary insuff iciency with subsequent improvement to almost normal status.