title: When the spleen meets the fetus.
abstract: Patient's first pregnancy was complicated by mild thrombocytopenia caused by a 13-cm splenic cyst, who delivered vaginally without complication. Risks and management of maternal splenic cysts in pregnancy and delivery are reviewed here.
authors.affiliation: a Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and.
authors.forename: Jérôme
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lederrey
authors.affiliation: b Department of Visceral Surgery , University Hospital of Lausanne (CHUV) , Lausanne , Switzerland.
authors.forename: Markus
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Schäfer
authors.affiliation: a Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and.
authors.forename: Maud
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: de Rham
authors.affiliation: a Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and.
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Baud
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003560:Cysts; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications; D013158:Splenic Diseases
keywords: Pseudocyst; splenic cyst; thrombocytopenia