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Reactive leuco-thrombocytosis in a post splenectomized pregnant woman in labour: A case report

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Case Report

Author Details : Sree Supriya Muthaiyan Keerthivasan*, K. M Kundavi, Nithya M Naaram

Volume : 11, Issue : 2, Year : 2024

Article Page : 308-310

https://doi.org/10.18231/j.ijogr.2024.059

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Abstract

Post-splenectomy diagnosis of infection based on WBC and platelet elevation is confounded by the fact that leucocytosis is a physiologic response to splenectomy, similar to the phenomenon of post-splenectomy platelet count elevation. Previous reports suggest that the WBC post-splenectomy in patients with sepsis is greater and more persistent than the WBC in patients without sepsis. However, specific values that can be used at the bedside to distinguish between a "normal" and "pathologic" WBC or platelet elevation are lacking. The clinician is often challenged to identify an infection in a post-splenectomy patient with an elevated WBC and prevent thrombotic events in case of thrombocytosis.
 

Keywords: Reactive leuco­ thrombocytosis, Splenectomy, Pregnancy.

How to cite : Keerthivasan S S M, Kundavi K M, Naaram N M, Reactive leuco-thrombocytosis in a post splenectomized pregnant woman in labour: A case report. Indian J Obstet Gynecol Res 2024;11(2):308-310

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