title: Accuracy of ultrasonography in assessing spleen and liver size in patients with Gaucher disease: comparison to computed tomographic measurements.
abstract: A comparison was made between volume measurements of spleen and liver by ultrasonography and by computed tomography, the two most common modes of assessment of organ size in patients with Gaucher disease, who require frequent follow-up measurements. The two measurements showed a high degree of correlation within a broad range for both spleen and liver volumes. An algorithm for conversion of one measurement to the other was derived for both spleen and liver.
authors.affiliation: Gaucher Clinic, Shaare-Zedek Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Elstein
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Hadas-Halpern
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Azuri
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Abrahamov
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Bar-Ziv
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Zimran
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000465:Algorithms; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D005776:Gaucher Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006529:Hepatomegaly / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012044:Regression Analysis; D013163:Splenomegaly / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography