Author(s)

Ousmane Traore^1*, Siaka Diakite¹, Drissa Mansa Sidibe², Moussa Konate¹, Mamadou N’Diaye³, Salia Coulibaly⁴, Nouhoum Ongoiba⁵, Adama Diaman Keita¹

¹Department of Radiology and Medical Imaging, University Hospital Center of Point “G”, Bamako, Mali.
²Department of Family Medicine/Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Odontostomatology (FMOS), Bamako, Mali.
³Department of Radiology, Bamako-Mali Military Health Center, Bamako, Mali.
⁴Department of Radiology and Medical Imaging, University Hospital Center, Kati, Mali.
⁵Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine and Odonto-Stomatology, Bamako, Mali.

Introduction: Biometrics therefore corresponds to the measurement of the morphological elements of humans. One of the most common ultrasound requests by clinicians is the assessment of liver size. The aim of our study was to study liver biometry using ultrasound in healthy adult subjects. Material and Methods: This was a prospective, descriptive and analytical study, carried out at CHU Point-G over a period of 7 months. A liver ultrasound was performed on 100 individuals without lesions, by a doctor in his final year of specialization in radiology and medical imaging. For each subject, we determined the height and anteroposterior diameter of the right liver and the left liver. Results: The mean age was 39.05 ± 16.86 years. The body mass index (BMI) 18.5 - 24.9 group was the most represented with 58%. The mean height of the right liver was 138.40 ± 14.85 mm. It was 136.81 ± 14.70 mm in men and 139.92 ± 14.99 mm in women (P = 0.306). That of the left liver was 95.55 ± 14.34 mm, in men, it was 91.79 ± 13.51 mm and 99.16 ± 14.31 mm in women (P = 0.019). We found a significant correlation between right liver height and BMI (P = 0.013). Conclusion: The mean values of liver biometry were established in our series. There was a significant correlation between right liver height and BMI. Liver ultrasound remains a reliable technique for liver biometry.

Liver Biometry, Ultrasound, Point-G University Hospital, Bamako

Traore, O. , Diakite, S. , Sidibe, D. , Konate, M. , N’Diaye, M. , Coulibaly, S. , Ongoiba, N. and Keita, A. (2024) Ultrasound Biometry of the Liver at the Point “G” University Hospital Center in Bamako. Open Journal of Medical Imaging, 14, 86-95. doi: 10.4236/ojmi.2024.143009.