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Sonographic assessment of normal spleen volume
Author(s) -
Rodrigues Aldo Junqueira,
Rodrigues Consuelo Junqueira,
Germano Marco Antonio,
Rasera Irineu,
Cerri Giovanni Guido
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
clinical anatomy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.667
H-Index - 71
eISSN - 1098-2353
pISSN - 0897-3806
DOI - 10.1002/ca.980080403
Subject(s) - spleen , medicine , ultrasound , volume (thermodynamics) , nuclear medicine , significant difference , ultrasonography , linear correlation , anatomy , radiology , mathematics , physics , statistics , quantum mechanics
Thirty‐two morphologically normal spleens from adult corpses were excised and immersed into a graduated water tank and the water volume displaced was considered as the actual spleen volume. after that, the splenic maximal height, width, and breadth were determined by a pachimeter. all the reference points were marked with a metal clip. utilizing the metal clip references ultrasound maximal height, width, and breadth were determined. it was assumed that the ultrasound spleen volume was the result of the multiplication of the three ultrasonographic measurements previously obtained. There was no significant difference between pachimeter and ultrasound determinations. The mean actual spleen volume was 147.5 cm3 (SD = 81.46). The mean ultrasound spleen volume was 283.8 cm3 (SD = 168.27). A roughly linear correlation between actual spleen volume (y) and ultrasound spleen volume (x) was found, y = 14.23 + 0.469 × (R2 = 0.94, P < 0.01). © 1995 WiIey‐Liss, Inc.