Ultrasonographic measurement of the pancreatic body. Its significance in measuring the normal pancreas.

Abstract

In the period January 11, 1984 till May 14, 1985 the smallest corpus diameter (SCD) of the pancreas of 172 patients without clinical suspicion of pancreatitis was measured. In 96% of the examinations the SCD proved to be less than 12 mm in diameter. It is safe to assume that a SCD greater than 16 mm is a fairly characteristic sign of general enlargement of the pancreas in the appropriate clinical setting.