Question 178 · LEK · Puerperium
Sheehan’s syndrome - postpartum pituitary gland necrosis - is characterized by:
- A. hypogonadotropic hypergonadism.
- B. hypogonadotropic hypogonadism.
- C. hypergonadotropic hypergonadism.
- D. hypergonadotropic hypogonadism.
- E. primary amenorrhoea.
Hint
Locate the lesion: is the primary failure in the pituitary or in the ovary, and what happens to gonadotropins?
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