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Accuracy of ultrasonography in assessing spleen and liver size in patients with Gaucher disease: comparison to computed tomographic measurements
Author(s) -
Elstein D,
Hadas-Halpern I,
Azuri Y,
Abrahamov A,
Bar-Ziv Y,
Zimran A
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
journal of ultrasound in medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.574
H-Index - 91
eISSN - 1550-9613
pISSN - 0278-4297
DOI - 10.7863/jum.1997.16.3.209
Subject(s) - medicine , spleen , computed tomographic , ultrasonography , computed tomography , radiology , splenic disease , gaucher's disease , liver disease , nuclear medicine , disease , pathology , gastroenterology , splenectomy
A comparison was made between volume measurements of spleen and liver by ultrasonography and by computed tomography, the two most common modes of assessment of organ size in patients with Gaucher disease, who require frequent follow‐up measurements. The two measurements showed a high degree of correlation within a broad range for both spleen and liver volumes. An algorithm for conversion of one measurement to the other was derived for both spleen and liver.