Abstract:
This was a cross-sectional descriptive study counted out at Omdurman pediatric
Hospital from January to July 2019, which aims to evaluate the spleen size in
pediatric. 70 subjects were enrolled in the study; persons who referred to
ultrasound department for abdomen ultrasound were included. Any person
suspected with abnormal splenic measurement by ultrasound examination was
excluded .The population of this study includes (35 males and 35 females) aged (1
– 16 years)
Trans- abdominal scanning was done for all cases using ESAOTI Ultrasound
machine with curve linear probe (3.5 MHz). Data collected using a special data
collection sheet designed to assess the child's age, weight and height, spleen
dimension (length width and thickness).
The result of the study revealed that the splenic measurements were (length 6.92 ±
1.63176 cm, width 3.1716 ± 0.711 cm and thickness 2.64 ± 0.55 cm, a roughly
linear correlation between splenic length and age (r = 0.7) was found for the total
group of children. Likewise, good correlation was found between splenic length
and patient’s height (r = 0.7) and weight (r = 0.68). No statistically significant
difference was seen between boys and girls, where males had slightly longer
spleens than females, generally correlating with their larger size overall.
Determination of pathologic changes in size of spleen necessitates knowing the
normal range of dimensions in healthy neonates, infants, and children. Presented
data are applicable in daily routine Sonography. Body height should be considered
the best criteria to correlate with longitudinal dimensions of the spleen.
