Sonographic Measurement of the Liver in a Private Care Setting in Chattogram, Bangladesh

Abstract

Introduction: The liver is one of the principal organs of our body involved in over 500 physiological functions related to metabolism, digestion, immunity, and storage of nutrients, which makes it an essential organ to preserve life. The aim of my study is to measure the different size of the liver   sonographically in a randomly selected patients sample and identify factors that affect liver size. Methods: In this cross sectional study100 subjects were evaluated for liver length in a private care setting during a one-year study period from 01.01.2021 to 31.12.2021 after informed written consent.  Diagnosis of liver diseases, gender differences, liver and non -liver involvements and risk factors were obtained from the subjects. Sonographic measurements of the liver in centimeters were taken from the participants. Results: The average liver size in the midclavicular line was 15.0 ± 1.5 cm; the average for females was 14.9 ± 1.6 cm and 15.1 ± 1.5 cm for males. 29% of all patients were male with various liver pathologies while 47% of patients were both male and female but shared the same liver pathology, the remaining 24% of patients were female with different pathologies of the liver. Minimum age of the study population was 6 years and the maximum age were 82 years. Regarding occupations of study population, 16% were doing service,29% were housewives,18% were students. Most of the study subjects were from Chattogram (98%) and 32% of the patients had a history of smoking. Liver size exceeded 16 cm in 53% of patients had liver or non-liver involvement and 47% are liver involvement. The fatty changes in the liver Grade I were the most common finding (36%). Conclusions:  Sonographic measurement of liver length can lead to early diagnosis of various liver diseases.