title: Maternal spleen size throughout normal pregnancy.
abstract: Ultrasonography (US) is an accurate method with reproducible results for calculating splenic dimensions. Standards of normal spleen sizes have been developed for the general adult population, for children, and even for tall healthy athletes, thereby enabling US diagnosis of splenomegaly. Extrapolation of data from the normal population to pregnant women might, however, be inaccurate because of the physiological changes throughout gestation. We have recently reported a prospective study evaluating the size of the maternal spleen throughout pregnancy and hereby review the results and their implications.
authors: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Assaf Harofe Medical Center, Zerifin 70300, Israel. intposgr@post.tau.ac.il
authors: Ron
authors: R
authors: Maymon
authors: Ariel L
authors: AL
authors: Zimerman
authors: Simon
authors: S
authors: Strauss
authors: Gabriela
authors: G
authors: Gayer
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011446:Prospective Studies; D013154:Spleen / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D016216:Ultrasonography, Prenatal