Table 2.
Included Studies Measuring Spleen Size in Healthy Children
| Age | USA, Rosenberg et al, 1991 | Turkey, Konus et al, 1998 | USA, Megremis et al, 2004 | India, Dhingra, 2010 | Nepal, Thapa et al, 2016 | Turkey, Özdikici et al, 2018 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| n | Median | 10th | 90th | n | Mean | SD | 5th | 95th | n | Mean | SD | Min | Max | n | Mean | SD | 3th | 97th | n | Mean | SD | 5th | 95th | n | Mean | SD | 5th | 95th | |
| 0–<3 mo | 28 | 45.0 | 33.0 | 58.0 | 53 | 53.0 | 7.8 | 40.0 | 65.0 | 57 | 45.0 | 7.1 | 30.0 | 61.5 | 21 | 47.0 | 9.7 | 34.5 | 69.5 | 36 | 50.0 | 7.9 | 36.1 | 62.4 | 21 | 46 | 10 | 33 | 61 |
| 3–<6 mo | 13 | 53.0 | 49.0 | 64.0 | 40 | 59.0 | 6.3 | 47.0 | 67.0 | 16 | 55.0 | 5.6 | 47.0 | 63.0 | 35 | 54.5 | 5.1 | 45.5 | 65.5 | 24 | 54 | 5 | 47 | 62 | |||||
| 6–<9 mo | 17 | 62.0 | 52.0 | 68.0 | 20 | 63.0 | 7.6 | 53.0 | 74.0 | 27 | 63.5 | 7.3 | 52.5 | 74.5 | 51 | 58.0 | 7.4 | 45.5 | 77.5 | 35 | 60.0 | 7.9 | 47.2 | 75.8 | 24 | 62 | 7 | 54 | 74 |
| 9–<12 mo | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| l–<2 y | 12 | 69.0 | 54.0 | 75.0 | 18 | 70.0 | 9.6 | 55.0 | 85.0 | 35 | 65.5 | 7.1 | 53.5 | 82.5 | 77 | 62.5 | 8.8 | 46.0 | 87.0 | 62 | 61.0 | 8.2 | 48.5 | 76.5 | 30 | 70 | 8 | 57 | 80 |
| 2–<4 y | 24 | 74.0 | 64.0 | 86.0 | 27 | 75.0 | 8.4 | 61.0 | 88.0 | 46 | 75.5 | 9.5 | 58.0 | 94.0 | 132 | 68.0 | 8.8 | 47.0 | 88.0 | 43 | 68.1 | 9.2 | 54.2 | 81.6 | 27 | 75 | 11 | 62 | 89 |
| 4–<6 y | 39 | 78.0 | 69.0 | 88.0 | 30 | 84.0 | 9.0 | 70.0 | 100.0 | 54 | 80.5 | 8.8 | 65.5 | 97.0 | 115 | 72.5 | 9.5 | 51.0 | 101.0 | 28 | 69.3 | 7.0 | 55.4 | 80.6 | 27 | 79 | 10 | 67 | 94 |
| 6–<8 y | 21 | 82.0 | 70.0 | 96.0 | 38 | 85.0 | 10.5 | 69.0 | 100.0 | 51 | 85.5 | 9.5 | 70.0 | 102.5 | 51 | 77.5 | 9.7 | 59.0 | 96.0 | 38 | 95.5 | 9.3 | 79.0 | 110.5 | 31 | 86 | 11 | 74 | 101 |
| 8–<10 y | 16 | 92.0 | 79.0 | 105.0 | 30 | 86.0 | 10.7 | 70.0 | 100.0 | 41 | 88.5 | 9.7 | 69.0 | 108.5 | 62 | 82.0 | 10.2 | 66.5 | 103.5 | 26 | 92 | 12 | 76 | 107 | |||||
| 10–<12 y | 17 | 99.0 | 86.0 | 109.0 | 16 | 97.0 | 9.7 | 81.0 | 108.0 | 53 | 94.5 | 10.7 | 70.5 | 113.5 | 53 | 87.0 | 15.2 | 65.0 | 115.0 | 19 | 106.3 | 10.7 | 92.0 | 127.0 | 27 | 97 | 14 | 73 | 111 |
| 12–<14 y | 26 | 101.0 | 87.0 | 114.0 | 23 | 101.0 | 11.7 | 85.0 | 118.0 | 48 | 100.0 | 9.2 | 82.0 | 116.5 | 11 | 116.1 | 8.8 | 104.0 | 130.0 | 38 | 100 | 10 | 85 | 114 | |||||
| 14–<18 y | 17 | 101.0 | 95.5 | 121.5 | 12 | 101.0 | 10.3 | 88.0 | 115.0 | 26 | 130.0 | 8.0 | 91.0 | 117.5 | 35 | 104 | 9 | 94 | 118 | ||||||||||
Measurements are reported in millimeters.