Abstract:
This study was carried out to estimate normal linear dimensions and volume of spleen in
Sudanese using ultrasonography, to correlate splenic volume with age and body parameters
(height, weight) and in order to keep it as standards reference for diagnostic purposes.
This prospective study was done at Radiology Department, National Ribat University
Hospital, Khartoum, Sudan, between September 2016 to February 2017, conducted on 801
volunteers (27 males and 63 females) not known to have any conditions likely to be associated
with splenomegaly.
All linear dimensions of spleen were measured, and splenic volume was calculated using
ultrasonography.
The splenic volume was then analyzed with age and body parameters using the Pearson’s
correlation coefficient.
Results of this study revealed that the mean values of the age, height, weight of subjects, spleen
length (SL), spleen width (SW), spleen thickness (ST) and spleen volume were calculated.
These measurements were found to be 38.74±18.898 years, 163.11±17.747mm,
65.33±15.431kg, 91.07±11.330mm, 37.59±7.440mm, 37.78±8.085mm and 70.63±31.924cm3
respectively.
Age had no significant effect on spleen volume (p=0. 684). There was a significant positive
correlation, using Pearson’s correlation coefficient, between the spleen volume, and other
parameters (height p=0.000, and weight p=0.002.
The observations presented in this report have defined anatomic parameters about spleen size
that need to be taken into consideration for reference data to determine population
discrepancies and helpful for radiologists and clinicians.
The present study concluded that a local reference of spleen dimensions was established with a
different range of values reported previously
