Agalactia

Agalactia
Classification and external resources
ICD-10 O92.3
ICD-9 676.4

Agalactia (or agalactorrhea) is absence of or faulty secretion of breast milk following childbirth.[1]

It is commonly associated with Sheehan's syndrome, following post partum haemorrhage.[2]

References

  1. agalactia - definition of agalactia by the Free Online Dictionary, Thesaurus and Encyclopedia
  2. Unlühizarci K, Bayram F, Colak R et al. (May 2001). "Distinct radiological and clinical appearance of lymphocytic hypophysitis". J. Clin. Endocrinol. Metab. 86 (5): 1861–4. doi:10.1210/jc.86.5.1861. PMID 11344171.