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==Size==
[[File:Maximum length of spleen on ultrasonography.jpg|thumb|Maximum length of spleen on [[abdominal ultrasonography]]
A measurement of spleen size is a standard procedure as part of a liver exam, since splenomegaly is a sign of portal hypertension.
Suggested cutoffs are:<ref>{{cite web|title=Splenomegaly|url=http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/206208-overview|author=Neetu Radhakrishnan|website=Medscape|access-date=February 16, 2018}} Updated Apr. 2012 (referring the classification system to Poulin ''et al.''</ref><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=DdBJ6jCf8KgC&pg=PA1964 Page 1964] in: {{cite book|title=Encyclopedia of Molecular Mechanisms of Disease|author=Florian Lang|publisher=Springer Science & Business Media|year=2009|isbn=9783540671367}}</ref>
* Normal (not splenomegaly): the maximum length is less than 11 cm
* Moderate splenomegaly: the maximum length is between 11–20 cm
* Severe splenomegaly: the maximum length is greater than 20 cm
90% confidence intervals of maximum lengths in the normal population have lower limits between 6.4 cm (in short women) and 10.2 cm (in tall men), and upper limits between 12.0 and 14.4 cm (respectively).<ref name="ChowLuxembourg2016">{{cite journal|last1=Chow|first1=Kai Uwe|last2=Luxembourg|first2=Beate|last3=Seifried|first3=Erhard|last4=Bonig|first4=Halvard|title=Spleen Size Is Significantly Influenced by Body Height and Sex: Establishment of Normal Values for Spleen Size at US with a Cohort of 1200 Healthy Individuals|journal=Radiology|volume=279|issue=1|year=2016|pages=306–313|issn=0033-8419|doi=10.1148/radiol.2015150887}}</ref>
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==Size==
[[File:Maximum length of spleen on ultrasonography.jpg|thumb|Maximum length of spleen on [[abdominal ultrasonography]]
A measurement of spleen size is a standard procedure as part of a liver exam, since splenomegaly is a sign of portal hypertension.
Suggested cutoffs are:<ref>{{cite web|title=Splenomegaly|url=http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/206208-overview|author=Neetu Radhakrishnan|website=Medscape|access-date=February 16, 2018}} Updated Apr. 2012 (referring the classification system to Poulin ''et al.''</ref><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=DdBJ6jCf8KgC&pg=PA1964 Page 1964] in: {{cite book|title=Encyclopedia of Molecular Mechanisms of Disease|author=Florian Lang|publisher=Springer Science & Business Media|year=2009|isbn=9783540671367}}</ref>
* Normal (not splenomegaly): the maximum length is less than 11 cm
* Moderate splenomegaly: the maximum length is between 11–20 cm
* Severe splenomegaly: the maximum length is greater than 20 cm
90% confidence intervals of maximum lengths in the normal population have lower limits between 6.4 cm (in short women) and 10.2 cm (in tall men), and upper limits between 12.0 and 14.4 cm (respectively).<ref name="ChowLuxembourg2016">{{cite journal|last1=Chow|first1=Kai Uwe|last2=Luxembourg|first2=Beate|last3=Seifried|first3=Erhard|last4=Bonig|first4=Halvard|title=Spleen Size Is Significantly Influenced by Body Height and Sex: Establishment of Normal Values for Spleen Size at US with a Cohort of 1200 Healthy Individuals|journal=Radiology|volume=279|issue=1|year=2016|pages=306–313|issn=0033-8419|doi=10.1148/radiol.2015150887}}</ref>
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