Liver span and weight in health and disease.
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in English
| IMSEAR
| ID: sea-124647
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
The liver mass, made up of independent functional units called acini, correlates with liver functions. Hepatic morphological changes causing alteration in its size and volume occur in various hepatic disorders.METHODS:
Antemortem clinical liver span and postmortem liver weight was studied in 23 critically ill patients. Out of these, 8 had fulminant hepatic failure, 7 had chronic liver disease with encephalopathy and 8 had other serious illnesses (chronic renal failure 3; ischaemic heart disease 3; cerebrovascular accidents 2). We also studied postmortem liver span and liver weight in 173 healthy individuals dying of accident/terrorist attacks.RESULTS:
Antemortem liver span in 23 critically ill patients was 9.9 +/- 4.7 cm (mean +/- S.D.) and postmortem liver weight was 1536.9 +/- 704.7 g (mean +/- S.D.). Antemortem liver span correlated well with the postmortem liver weight (r = 0.9635). Postmortem liver span in 173 healthy individuals was 16.3 +/- 2.7 cm (mean +/- S.D.) and liver weight was 1301.5 +/- 358.8 g (mean +/- S.D.). There was very good correlation between the postmortem liver span and liver weight (r = 0.516), height (r = 0.410) and body weight (r = 0.340) in these individuals.CONCLUSION:
Liver span fortells the liver weight, hence, the functional liver mass in diseased and healthy individuals.
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IMSEAR (South-East Asia)
Main subject:
Organ Size
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Reference Standards
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Humans
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Case-Control Studies
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Liver
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Liver Diseases
Type of study:
Observational study
Language:
English
Year:
1999
Type:
Article
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