Normal Spleen Length by Ultrasonography in Adults of Tripura

IOSR Journal of Dental and Medical Sciences (IOSR-JDMS)

e-ISSN: 2279-0853, p-ISSN: 2279-0861.Volume 15, Issue 1 Ver. I (Jan. 2016), PP 55-60

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Normal Spleen Length by Ultrasonography in Adults of Tripura

Somnath Chakraborti1, Nirmalya Saha2, Biplab Debbarma3, Snigdha Das4,

Diana Leishram5.

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Second Year Medical Student, 2,3,4. Assistant Professor 5. Senior Resident.

Second Year Medical Student in Tripura Medical College & Dr. B.R.A.M. Teaching Hospital, Hapania,

Agartala, Tripura, India; 2,4,5Department of Anatomy, Tripura Medical College & Dr. B.R.A.M. Teaching

Hospital, Hapania, Agartala, Tripura, India; 3Department of Radiodiagnosis, Tripura Medical College & Dr.

B.R.A.M. Teaching Hospital, Hapania, Agartala, Tripura, India.

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Abstract: The human spleen is an organ demanding constant attention from the anatomical, immunological

and clinical point of view. Ultrasonography is used routinely to evaluate visceral organs in adults of Tripura.

So, this study was conducted with the aim to measure the spleen length by ultrasonography, find out the

reference values of spleen length in different age groups in adults of Tripura, to find out possible correlations

with the age and gender distribution. The mean spleen length in adults was 8.8±1.32 Cm. In males and females

the length was 8.85±1.54 Cm 8.72±0.89 Cm respectively. All the spleen length (100%) was found below 12.33

cm and most of the cases (91.1%), the spleen length was within the range of 7-11cm. It was observed that, the

spleen length decreased with increasing age, which was found to be statistically significant. Significant change

was observed with increased age in between Group I and Group V. The present study was an attempt to

determine the normal range of the spleen length which correlated variably with different age in groups. So, our

study had provided anthropometric parameter of...