Advances in Laparoscopy

Case Report Pages 147-151

Laparoscopic Splenectomy in a 35-Week Pregnant Women with ITP: A Case Report

Authors: Siavashmasoumi, Yousef Mohammadian and Maryam Ezzedin

Abstract: Thrombocytopenia in pregnancy, is defined as platelets less than 150000 per microliter. Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura is an acquired autoimmune disorder, characterized by a decrease in plateles less than 150000 per microliter of blood and due to autoantibody binding to platelet antigen causing their premature destruction by the reticuloendothelial system, and in particular the spleen, and finally it causes coagulation disorders. ITP may have a profound effect on pregnancy in the form of severe thrombocytopenia, which may put a person at risk of bleeding to put before and after delivery.

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