Abstract

Background: Liver vary widely according to age. Many diseases can affect their size ranging from infective processes to malignant disorders. Palpation and percussion are standard bedside techniques to document but are far from accurate to detect small increases in size.Variations in the anthropometric features of various populations, races and regions are an established fact. Ultrasonography is widely used in medicine.It is possible to perform both diagnosis and therapeutic procedures. Sonography is effective for imaging soft tissues of body. Ultrasound is an extremely important imaging method in evaluation of liver in children due to the fact that it is easy to use, non invasive, safe, quick and accurate. In present study, aim is to evaluate correlation of liver size with the parameters such as age, sex and height in children. Objective: To know whether there is any correlation between the normal liver size with parameters such as age, sex and height in children. Materials and Methods: Present study is cross-sectional in nature and conducted in Government Medical College and District Hospital, Bidar. Sample size of 260 cases was taken between the age group of 1 to 17 years, infancy to middle adolescence period living in North-east part of Karnataka. Results: The mean liver length is greater in males in all age groups and it increases in older children in the age group of 10-13yrs and 14-17 yrs among both males and females. Liver length highly correlated with each age and height in both male and female children. Conclusion: The methods of measurement and analysis used in this study is standardized and easy to apply. Findings are handy and reliable and is suitable particularly for radiology and pediatric departments. The results of this study can be used as a practical and comprehensive guide to indicate the normal liver length range for every child, according to his/ her age.

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