Sonographic assessment of normal spleen volume

Thirty‐two morphologically normal spleens from adult corpses were excised and immersed into a graduated water tank and the water volume displaced was considered as the actual spleen volume. after that, the splenic maximal height, width, and breadth were determined by a pachimeter. all the reference points were marked with a metal clip. utilizing the metal clip references ultrasound maximal height, width, and breadth were determined. it was assumed that the ultrasound spleen volume was the result of the multiplication of the three ultrasonographic measurements previously obtained.