Measurement of spleen by computed tomography in normal Korean adults

CT potentially offers the most accurate noninvasive method of estimating volume of solid organ in vivo. The study was underataken to obtain standard values of size, volume and mass of normal spleen in Korean adults. The authors analyzed 109 cases of abdominal CT of normal Korean adults. The results were as follows: 1. The average splenic volume in adults ws 173.17±59.02cm3 in male, 160.43±61.72cm3 in female and total average, 160.98±60.41cm3. 2. The average splenic mass in adults was 181.20±61.16 gm in male, 166.44±64.68 gm in female and total average, 174.16±63.0 gm. 3. The average size of the spleen in adult males was 9.39± 1.33cm in breath, 3.8±0.69cm in thickness, and 7.97±1.43 cm in height: in adult females, 9.25±1.46 cm, 3.51±0.65 cm, 8.05±1.35 cm,respectively; total average, 9.32±1.39 cm, 3.70±0.69 cm, 8.01±1.39 cm respectively. 4. There was no statistical difference of volume, mass and size between sex and age.