Abstract

To establish normative data for the ultrasonographic measurement of liver and spleen size in healthy Indian children. Tertiary-care pediatric teaching hospital. Cross-sectional, hospital-based study. 597 healthy children between the ages of 1 month to 12 years. Ultrasonographic evaluation for the assessment of liver and spleen size. These were correlated with the age, sex, height/length and weight of the participants. Normal liver and spleen length and range were obtained sonographically. The liver and spleen length significantly correlated highly with the height/length of the subjects (P=0.0001). The study provides the normal values of liver and spleen size by ultrasonography in healthy Indian children.

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