Table 5.
Characterization of the spleen parenchymal echo texture in the sickle cell disease patients
| Spleen Parenchyma Appearance |
Age Ranges in Years | |||||||||||||||
| 2 – 6 | 7 – 11 | 12 – 16 | 17 – 21 | 22 – 26 | 27 – 31 | 32 + | Total | |||||||||
| F | % | F | % | F | % | F | % | F | % | F | % | F | % | F | % | |
| Normal | 4 | 3.88 | 4 | 3.88 | 1 | 0.97 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9 | 8.74 |
| Coarse hyper echoic |
1 | 0.97 | 7 | 6.80 | 4 | 3.88 | 3 | 2.91 | 2 | 1.94 | 1 | 0.97 | 2 | 1.94 | 20 | 19.42 |
| Fine hyper echoic |
9 | 8.74 | 4 | 3.88 | 3 | 2.91 | 2 | 1.94 | 1 | 0.97 | - | - | 1 | 0.97 | 20 | 19.42 |
| Fibrotic scar littered |
- | - | - | - | 3 | 2.91 | 6 | 5.83 | 4 | 3.88 | 2 | 1.94 | 1 | 0.97 | 16 | 15.53 |
| Infarction or Abscess littered |
- | - | 1 | 0.97 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1.94 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 2.91 |
| Calcification littered |
- | - | - | - | 1 | 0.97 | 3 | 2.91 | 4 | 3.88 | 3 | 2.91 | - | - | 11 | 10.68 |
| Total | 103 | 100 | ||||||||||||||
F = Frequency. : % = Percentage. : 32+ = 32 years and above.
Normal = Normal Spleen Parenchyma Echo Texture. : Auto-Splenectomy = Absence of Spleen.