Morphometrical Analysis of Suprarenal Gland in Fetuses of Different Gestational Ages | Chapter 20 | Issues and Developments in Medicine and Medical Research Vol. 9

 Background and Goals: Suprarenal glands are a pair of glands located on each side of the spinal column on the posterior abdomen wall. The examination of foetal morphometrical growth characteristics has become more popular in recent years as a means of assessing foetal growth and development. According to Brown and Singer, the size of glands was reduced in foetuses from abortive pregnancies in hypertension patients, and the adrenal age was below the normal range in anencephalic foetuses with congenital adrenal hyperplasia. By 20 weeks of pregnancy, foetal MRI can detect the suprarenal glands, and trans abdominal ultrasonography can detect them as early as the 12th week of pregnancy. As a result, understanding natural variations in weight, size, and shape with gestational ages is critical.

Methods: A total of 110 supra renal glands, both right and left, were collected from 55 aborted human foetuses ranging in gestational age from 9 to 36 weeks. The research was conducted at MGM Medical College in Navi Mumbai and Aurangabad's Department of Anatomy. The morphology of both suprarenal glands was investigated. The weight of the dimension, the length of the crown lump, and the relative weight of the right and left suprarenals were all investigated and statistically assessed.

The results show that there is a high significant increase in body weight as gestational age increases (P 0.01), as well as a high significant increase in crown rump length as gestational age increases (P 0.01).

With increasing gestational age, there is a substantial rise in crown rump length (P 0.01).

The results show that with increasing gestational age, there is a significant variation in the relative weight of the right suprarenal (P 0.01).

Interpretation and conclusions: Understanding natural variation in weight, size, and form with gestational ages is critical because nomograms like this can help us manage the status of a baby in high-risk pregnancies.


Author(S) Details

Mini Mol P.
Department of Anatomy, MGM Medical College, Kamothe, Navi Mumbai, India.

Gautam Shroff
Department of Anatomy, MGM Medical College, Aurangabad, India.

Sumi Elizebeth Reny
Department of Anatomy, MGM Medical College, Kamothe, Navi Mumbai, India.

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