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  1. Sheehan's Syndrome (CT)    
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  3. Post-partum pituitary haemorrhagic infarction may lead to hypopituitarism (Sheehan's syndrome). This appears radiographically as a dense gland on CT examination (Fig. 24.12). 
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  5. Fig. 24.12 Sheehan's syndrome: computed tomography. Axial CT  image showing a dense pituitary due to haemorrhagic infarction following uterine haemorrhage post-partum.