A postmortem study on the volume of the human adrenal glands

Authors

  • Dilruba Siddiqua Department of Anatomy, Ibn Sina Medical College, Dhaka
  • Abu Sadat Mohammad Nurunnabi Department of Anatomy, Dhaka Medical College, Dhaka
  • Shamim Ara Department of Anatomy, Dhaka Medical College, Dhaka
  • Fatema Zohora Department of Anatomy, Faridpur Medical College, Faridpur
  • Hasna Hena Department of Anatomy, East-West Medical College, Dhaka
  • Shahnaj Pervin Department of Anatomy, Popular Medical College, Dhaka

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3329/bjms.v12i3.15425

Keywords:

Human adrenal gland, volume of adrenal gland

Abstract

Objective: A Cross-sectional descriptive type of study was done in the Department of Anatomy, Dhaka Medical College, Dhaka, from July 2008 to June 2009, to see the variation in the volume of the adrenal glands with age in Bangladeshi people.

Materials & Methods: The study was performed on 140 post mortem human adrenal glands collected from 70 unclaimed dead bodies which were in the morgue under examination in the Department of Forensic Medicine, Dhaka Medical College, Dhaka. The samples were divided into four age-groups including group A (11-20 years), group B (21-30 years), group C (31-40 years) & group D (41-60 years). The length, breadth and thickness of each adrenal gland were measured by using a slide calipers. Then the volume of each adrenal gland was determined by the product of its length, breadth and thickness multiplied by 0.52, according to the prolate ellipsoid formula.

Results: The mean volume of the right adrenal glands were found 6.36±0.85 cm3 in group A (11-20 years), 6.49±0.76 cm3 in group B (21-30 years), 6.50±0.80 cm3 in group C (31-40 years), 6.76±0.79 cm3 in group D (41-60 years). The mean volume of the left adrenal glands were found 6.97±1.02 cm3 in group A (11-20 years),6.93 ±0.83 cm3 in group B (21-30 years), 6.65±0.79 cm3 in group C (31- 40 years), 7.09±0.81 cm3 in group D (41-60 years). The differences between the right and left adrenal glands and the difference between age groups were not statistically significant.

Bangladesh Journal of Medical Science Vol. 12 No. 03 July 13 Page 282-285

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/bjms.v12i3.15425

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Published

2013-06-23

How to Cite

Siddiqua, D., Nurunnabi, A. S. M., Ara, S., Zohora, F., Hena, H., & Pervin, S. (2013). A postmortem study on the volume of the human adrenal glands. Bangladesh Journal of Medical Science, 12(3), 282–285. https://doi.org/10.3329/bjms.v12i3.15425

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Vol. 12 No. 3 (2013)

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