title: Are caudate-right lobe ratio and splenic size correlated with the MELD score in cirrhotic patients?
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine the relationship between caudate-right lobe ratio (C/R) and model for end-stage liver disease (MELD) score.
  
  
  METHODS
  The study included 50 patients with cirrhosis and a control group of 20 patients. C/R was measured as described by Harbin et al. The size of the spleen was measured on coronal images. The Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network Web site was used for MELD score calculation. Aspartate to alanine aminotranferase (AST/ALT) ratio was calculated.
  
  
  RESULTS
  There was statistically significant difference between the two groups. C/R, the size of the spleen, and AST/ALT values were significantly correlated with MELD score.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  There is a significant relationship between the C/R and MELD score.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Ankara University School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey. nurayunsal2@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Nuray
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Haliloglu
authors.forename: Esra
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ozkavukcu
authors.forename: Ayse
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Erden
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D015984:Causality; D015897:Comorbidity; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000473:pathology*; D008103:Liver Cirrhosis / Q000401:mortality* / Q000473:pathology*; D017093:Liver Failure / Q000401:mortality* / Q000473:pathology*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009929:Organ Size; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013154:Spleen / Q000473:pathology*; D013223:Statistics as Topic; D016019:Survival Analysis; D015996:Survival Rate; D014421:Turkey / Q000453:epidemiology