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POSTPARTUM PSYCHOSIS IN A CASE OF SHEEHAN'S SYNDROME

This case report describes a case of a 23 years old female who presented with clinical features of postpartum psychosis (Psychotic disorder not otherwise specified, DSM-IV). On investigation she was found to be suffering from Sheehan′s syndrome (postpartum pituitary infarction). It was interesting t...

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Autores principales: Kale, Kedar, Nihalani, Nikhil, Karnik, Nitin, Shah, Nilesh
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 1999
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2962287/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21455357
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author Kale, Kedar
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description This case report describes a case of a 23 years old female who presented with clinical features of postpartum psychosis (Psychotic disorder not otherwise specified, DSM-IV). On investigation she was found to be suffering from Sheehan′s syndrome (postpartum pituitary infarction). It was interesting to note that all the clinical features of Sheehan′s syndrome and psychosis improved with hormone replacement therapy and she did not require treatment with antipsychotic medications.
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spelling pubmed-29622872011-03-31 POSTPARTUM PSYCHOSIS IN A CASE OF SHEEHAN'S SYNDROME Kale, Kedar Nihalani, Nikhil Karnik, Nitin Shah, Nilesh Indian J Psychiatry Case Report This case report describes a case of a 23 years old female who presented with clinical features of postpartum psychosis (Psychotic disorder not otherwise specified, DSM-IV). On investigation she was found to be suffering from Sheehan′s syndrome (postpartum pituitary infarction). It was interesting to note that all the clinical features of Sheehan′s syndrome and psychosis improved with hormone replacement therapy and she did not require treatment with antipsychotic medications. Medknow Publications 1999 /pmc/articles/PMC2962287/ /pubmed/21455357 Text en Copyright: © Indian Journal of Psychiatry http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Shah, Nilesh
POSTPARTUM PSYCHOSIS IN A CASE OF SHEEHAN'S SYNDROME
title POSTPARTUM PSYCHOSIS IN A CASE OF SHEEHAN'S SYNDROME
title_full POSTPARTUM PSYCHOSIS IN A CASE OF SHEEHAN'S SYNDROME
title_fullStr POSTPARTUM PSYCHOSIS IN A CASE OF SHEEHAN'S SYNDROME
title_full_unstemmed POSTPARTUM PSYCHOSIS IN A CASE OF SHEEHAN'S SYNDROME
title_short POSTPARTUM PSYCHOSIS IN A CASE OF SHEEHAN'S SYNDROME
title_sort postpartum psychosis in a case of sheehan's syndrome
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2962287/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21455357
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