[Fetal liver volume: a method of its measurement by ultrasonics and its changes in the second half of uncomplicated pregnancy].
A method has been developed for estimation of the fetal liver volume by ultrasound measurement of its every lobe. A proportionality coefficient of ultrasound sizes and volumes of the lobes were obtained by studies in 23 in utero fetal deaths. Findings on the liver volumes in 218 normal fetuses with gestational ages of 20 to 40 weeks were compiled as percentile curves. The right lobe of the fetal liver was found to have a greater size than the left one while the dead fetuses showed an inverse ratio.