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Year :2020
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Month :
October
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Volume :
9
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Issue :
4
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Page :
AO18 - AO21
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Morphology of Cadaveric Spleen in Jammu Region of India: A Cross-sectional Study
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Correspondence Address :
Shalika Sharma, Vanita Gupta,
Dr. Shalika Sharma,
Associate Professor, Department of Anatomy, ASCOMS, Sidhra, Jammu,Jammu and Kashmir-180017, India.
E-mail: shivainshallika@gmail.com
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Introduction: Spleen is the largest lymphoid organ located in the left hypochondrium in human body. It shows a wide variation in its morphology that can be of great significance to the clinician.
Aim: The present study aimed to analyze morphology of cadaveric spleen with special reference to its length, breadth, width, weight and number of notches.
Materials and Methods: A total of 28 spleens from human cadavers were dissected and formalin fixed and dimensions (length, breadth and width) noted. Number of notches along with the borders of spleen was also noted grossly in the dissection hall of Department of Anatomy, ASCOMS, Sidhra, Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir over the period of one year from March 2019 to February 2020.
Results: Lengths of 28 spleens ranged from 4 cm to 15.5 cm, their breadths from 1.7 cm to 8 cm, width from 0.7 cm to 6 cm. Weight had a range from 28.27 to 350 gm. The most common shape of spleens observed was wedge followed by tetrahedral. The number of spleens showing notches on superior border were (78.57%), inferior border were (7.14%) and in both the borders were (14.28%). Absence of splenic notch was not observed in the present study. Two spleens (7.14%) with more than Five notches were observed. Incidentally we found anomalous splenic fissures in 10.71% (3/28) specimens along inferior border and diaphragmatic surface extending onto visceral surface. One complete fissure was also observed.
Conclusion: In the present study, the values of length, width and weight of spleen were proportional and comparable to other reported studies in various regions of our country. However, it was observed that there are more number of anomalous spleens in terms of fissures and number of notches in the present study. Therefore, further studies with more number of cadaveric subjects are required to determine any morphological difference in our subset of population of North India.
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