Ultrasonography of the spleen
Author:
Mikael Häggström [notes 1]
Size
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.
- 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).[3]
Notes
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References
- ↑ Neetu Radhakrishnan. Splenomegaly. Medscape. Updated Apr. 2012 (referring the classification system to Poulin et al.
- ↑ Page 1964 in: Florian Lang (2009). Encyclopedia of Molecular Mechanisms of Disease . Springer Science & Business Media. ISBN 9783540671367.
- ↑ Chow, Kai Uwe; Luxembourg, Beate; Seifried, Erhard; Bonig, Halvard (2016). "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 ". Radiology 279 (1): 306–313. doi:. ISSN 0033-8419.
