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.

• Pseudocyst
• splenic cyst
• thrombocytopenia

Acknowledgements

We thank Sam Vasilevsky for critical review of the manuscript.

Declaration of interest

The authors report no conflict of interest.

David Baud is supported by the “Fondation Leenaards” through the “Bourse pour la relève académique”.