SPLENIC VOLUME IN CHILDREN - SIMPLIFIED ESTIMATION AT CT

Measurements of splenic length, width, and thickness were obtained fro m axial computed tomographic (CT) scans in 50 consecutive children (26 male and 24 female patients, aged 8 days to 19 years) referred for ab dominal CT. In addition, the outline of the spleen was traced on indiv idual axial CT sections to obtain the splenic volume with use of the s oftware program in the CT computer. The three splenic dimensions corre lated well (r = .97) with the splenic volumes obtained with the more a ccurate technique of tracing the splenic outline on sequential CT sect ions.