title: [Anatomy and topography of the spleen in children].
abstract: Fifty-two isolated spleens and 17 corpses of newborns and children up to 3 years of age have been studied. Preparation, visirographic and morphometric methods have been used. During the newborn and suckling age periods the spleen is projected in three regions: in the epigastrum, in the left subcostal and in the left lateral areas of the abdomen, and during early infancy--only in the left subcostal and in the left lateral area of the abdomen. The anterior end of the spleen beginning from the newborn period up to the early infancy comes down 1-2 vertebrae. The angle formed by the longitudinal axis of the spleen and the horizontal plane running across its anterior end increases. The spleen changes its form from the transitional one in newborn towards a long one in early infancy. During early infancy the spleen mass increases 4.6 times as compared to the newborn period, its length--1.8 and its width and thickness--1.7 times.
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D009929:Organ Size; D012016:Reference Values; D013154:Spleen / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000254:growth & development
vernacular_title: Anatomiia i topografiia selezenki u deteĭ.