Volume : 4, Issue : 4, April - 2015

MORPHOLOGICAL AND MORPHOMETRIC STUDY OF HUMAN FOETAL SPLEEN AT DIFFERENT GESTATIONAL AGE

Mr. Rajeev Mukhia, Dr. Aruna Mukherjee, Dr. Anjali Sabnis

Abstract :

<p>&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;Introduction: The spleen, the largest of the lymphoid organs appears at about 6th weeks of gestation as localized&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;div&gt;thickening of the coelomic epithelium of the dorsal mesogastrium near its cranial end.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;Aims and Objective: To study variations on morphology and morphometry of human foetal spleen at different gestational ages.&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;Materials and Methods: After permission from the Institutional Ethical Committee the foetal spleens were collected from MGM Medical College,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;Hospital, Navi Mumbai, India. The measurements length, width, thickness, and weight of fetal spleen and ratio between fetal weight and spleen&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;weight were measured.&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;Result: All the spleen was observed in its normal location in the left hypochondric region of abdomen. Surfaces of all the collected spleens were&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;smooth in appearance. Diaphragmatic surface presented impressions of 9th to 11th ribs. All the spleens were dark purple in colour.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;Conclusions: The knowledge of measurement of human fetal spleen is helpful in medicine and surgical practice because of its clinical importance.&lt;/div&gt;</p>