Hepatitis B physical examination
Physical Examination
Physical examination to look for signs of advanced liver disease should be done. The findings may include:
Spider angiomata in 47-year-old patient had longstanding jaundice and ascites consequent to biopsy-proven hepatic cirrhosis.[1]
- Hepatomegaly
- Splenomegaly
- Ascites
- Encephalopathy
- Esophageal varices
- Asterixis as demonstrated in the video below
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References
- ↑ Fred, H.; van Dijk, H. Images of Memorable Cases: Case 114, Connexions Web site. http://cnx.org/content/m14900/1.3/, Feb 16, 2012