Table 2.

Clinical findings in the antepartum group

First author	Age	Previous pregnancies	Symptoms	Diagnostic imaging	Complications	Surgical outcome
H. Meek	32	no data	abdominal pain, constipation	none	splenic torsion	uneventful
D. Lincolin Lewis	28	2nd	backache, nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain	X-ray	spleen’s torsion, adherences to the small intestine	uneventful
Cobellis	40	1st	abdominal pain	ultrasound	-	-
Pavaiz	27	1st	backache, right shoulder tip pain, dizziness, syncope, thrombocytopenia, fetal bradycardia, vaginal bleeding	none	shock, lacerated and partially infarcted spleen	uneventful
Akinola	29	1st	dizziness, vomiting, weakness, abdominal pain, abdominal swelling	ultrasound	shock, rotated spleen, bleeding from splenic vein	stillbirth
Ghazzeri	23	1st	vomiting, thrombocytopenia	ultrasound; MRI	twisted splenic pedicle, splenic infarction	uneventful
Yúcel	24	1st	abdominal distension, constipation	ultrasound; MRI	-	uneventful
Lahiri	18	1st	abdominal pain and distension	culdo-centesis	shock, rotation of the spleen, multiple ruptures on the surface	incomplete abortion
Mamadou	26	3rd	abdominal and pelvic pain with vomiting	ultrasound	twisted spleen	unevenful
Terro	24	2nd	abdominal pain, thrombocytopenia	CT-scan, ultrasound	partially torted splenic pedicle with microinfarcts	uneventful
Gupta	22	1st	abdominal pain, bilious vomiting	ultrasound	partially infarcted spleen	uneventful
Crepaz	31	1st	abdominal pain, thrombocytopenia	ultrasound	acute splenic infarction	uneventful