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Revision as of 21:03, 21 August 2017

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief:

Acute presentation shows non-hemorrhagic pituitary gland enlargement while chronic presentation shows an empty sella or decreased sellar volume.

Acute presentation shows non-hemorrhagic pituitary gland enlargement.^[1]
Chronic presntation shows
- Ring enhancement surrounding a low attenuation empty sella.
- Decreased sellar volume or empty sella.^[2]^[3]^[4]

↑ Lavallée G, Morcos R, Palardy J, Aubé M, Gilbert D (1995). "MR of nonhemorrhagic postpartum pituitary apoplexy". AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 16 (9): 1939–41. PMID 8693999.
↑ Barkan AL (1989). "Pituitary atrophy in patients with Sheehan's syndrome". Am. J. Med. Sci. 298 (1): 38–40. PMID 2750772.
↑ Sherif IH, Vanderley CM, Beshyah S, Bosairi S (1989). "Sella size and contents in Sheehan's syndrome". Clin. Endocrinol. (Oxf). 30 (6): 613–8. PMID 2591059.
↑ Bakiri F, Bendib SE, Maoui R, Bendib A, Benmiloud M (1991). "The sella turcica in Sheehan's syndrome: computerized tomographic study in 54 patients". J. Endocrinol. Invest. 14 (3): 193–6. doi:10.1007/BF03346787. PMID 1906495.

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 ==Overview==
+Acute presentation shows non-hemorrhagic pituitary gland enlargement while chronic presentation shows an empty sella or decreased sellar volume.
-There are no CT scan findings associated with [disease name].
-OR
-[Location] CT scan may be helpful in the diagnosis of [disease name]. Findings on CT scan suggestive of/diagnostic of [disease name] include [finding 1], [finding 2], and [finding 3].
-OR
-There are no CT scan findings associated with [disease name]. However, a CT scan may be helpful in the diagnosis of complications of [disease name], which include [complication 1], [complication 2], and [complication 3].
 ==CT scan==