Table 3.

Clinical findings in the postpartum group

First author	Patient’s age	Nr. of pregnancies	Symptoms	Diagnostic imaging	Complications	Surgical outcome
Gilman	24	Multipara	Lower back pain, abdominal pain, nausea	CT-scan; MRI	Infarcted spleen, pancreatitis	Uneventful
Huang	35	7th	Thrombozytosis, leukocytosis	Ultrasound, abdominal X-ray	Splenic pedicle strangulation with thrombosis, ischemic spleen, distal pancreatic necrosis	Uneventful
Abbey	19	1st	Abdominal pain, thrombocytopenia	CT-scan	Torsion and ischemia of the spleen, thrombosis of splenic vein	Uneventful
Anyfantakis	34	No data	Epigastric pain, nausea, vomiting	CT-scan	Splenic torsion, signs of ischemia, thrombosis of splenic artery	Uneventful
Han	35	7th	Thrombozytosis	CT-scan	Splenic torsion	Uneventful