Morphological Study of Spleen

Morphological Variations of Spleen: A Cadaveric Study in South Indian Population

“…The average adult weight of the spleen is 150 gram varies from 80-300gm [1]. Compared to the earlier studies which was done by Kawale Sugat et al the average weight of the spleen was 137.42gms and Chaware et al found that the average weight of spleen was 145.76gms [7,8]. The present study found the average weight was 98.07gms which was lower than earlier studies [7,8].…”

“…Compared to the earlier studies which was done by Kawale Sugat et al the average weight of the spleen was 137.42gms and Chaware et al found that the average weight of spleen was 145.76gms [7,8]. The present study found the average weight was 98.07gms which was lower than earlier studies [7,8]. In the present study, the values of length, width and weight of spleen were slightly lower than normal and also those which were reported in previous studies.…”

“…These variations are not consistent with the findings of previous studies. For instance, one study reported the wedge (61.26%), the tetrahedral (21.6%) and the triangular shapes (12.61%) and another study observed that 61.26% was wedge shaped, 21.62% tetrahedral, DISCUSSION 12.61% triangular, 3.60% oval and 0.90% irregular shaped [7,8]. As opposed to the findings of these studies, additional dome shapes (10%) oblong (7.5%) and round shape (5%) of the spleen were also noted in the present study.…”

“…These findings of the present study were in concurrence with the past study which found the presence of 0-4 splenic notches in their study on 100 spleens [9].They found a single splenic notch on the superior border of spleen in 98% and in 2 cases, the notch was present on the inferior border and in one specimen they observed on the intermediate border. Kawale et al found that 3 spleens (9.3%) has multiple lobes and notches were present on the superior border of spleen, 4 spleens (12.5%) deep notches on inferior, 2 spleens (6.2%) showed deep notches on medial border and 1 spleen (3.1%) was pyramidal shaped with presence of notch on inferior border [7]. These variations could be important as in splenomegaly, the anterior border, anterior part of diaphragmatic surface and notched superior border may become palpable below the left costal margin [10].…”