title: Ultrasonographic measurement of the pancreatic body. Its significance in measuring the normal pancreas.
abstract: In the period January 11, 1984 till May 14, 1985 the smallest corpus diameter (SCD) of the pancreas of 172 patients without clinical suspicion of pancreatitis was measured. In 96% of the examinations the SCD proved to be less than 12 mm in diameter. It is safe to assume that a SCD greater than 16 mm is a fairly characteristic sign of general enlargement of the pancreas in the appropriate clinical setting.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010179:Pancreas / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D012016:Reference Values; D014463:Ultrasonography