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Correlation between spleen-liver volume ratio and esophageal and gastric varices in liver cirrhosis patients

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  • Published Date: 2012-07-20
  • Objective To determine the value of spleen-liver volume ratio as a non-invasive predictive measure of the degree of esophageal and gastric varices.Methods Fifty-one cirrhosis patients underwent endoscopy for grading of esophageal varices (4 grades: 0-3) and enhanced computed tomography to calculate the spleen-liver volume ratio.The Child-Pugh score was calculated to determine the liver disease severity.Analysis of variance was used to investigate the relation between spleen-liver volume ratio and grades of varicose veins and disease severity.Results There was a significant correlation between the degree of esophageal varices and the spleen-liver volume ratio (t=0.693, P<0.001) .However, there was no significant correlation between the Child-Pugh classification and spleen-liver volume ratio (t=0.236, P>0.05) .Conclusion The non-invasive measure of spleen-liver volume ratio is indicative of esophageal and gastric varices severity, with the spleen-liver volume ratio increasing in parallel to increases in grades of esophageal varicose veins.

     

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