Measurement of Normal Liver Size in Adult Sudanese Using Ultrasonography

Abstract

The liver is an intraperitoneal structure situated in the right upper quadrant of the abdomen and bounded superiorly by the diaphragm. The size and shape of the liver are highly variable. The main objective of this study was to identify the normal measurement of liver size for Sudanese adult using ultrasound in order to compare these measurement with international liver measurement studies and to correlate the relationship between somatic parameters and liver measurements with ultrasound in Sudanese adult who have morphologically normal liver. This analytical study was done for 100 patient having mean age of 37.9 years(60 female and 40 male) , I used Mindary diagnostic ultrasound equipment model DP10 and Sonoscape diagnostic ultrasound machine model A5, standardized transabdominal scan using curvilinear transducer 3.5MHZ.in period from October 2018 to June 2019 and the liver was measured length(CC) and width(AP). The result showed that the mean value for liver AP is (13.3 ± 0.84) and for liver CC (13.4 ± 0.89).A significant difference noticed between liver measure and age group, also with gender at p 0.05 and confident level CL 95% according to independent sample t-test.