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{{Aplastic anemia}}
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==Overview==
Common physical examination findings of aplastic anemia include pale color, short stature, dyspnea, [[petechia|petechiae]], [[purpura]], [[ecchymoses]], [[jaundice]], [[pallor]], and [[bruise|bruises]]. Patients can present with [[leukoplakia|oral leukoplakia]], pharyngeal ulcers, [[gingivitis|necrotizing gingivitis]], [[tonsillitis|and tonsillitis]].

==Physical Examination==

===Appearance of the Patient===
* [[Pallor]]<ref name="pmid29222240">{{cite journal| author=West AH, Churpek JE| title=Old and new tools in the clinical diagnosis of inherited bone marrow failure syndromes. | journal=Hematology Am Soc Hematol Educ Program | year= 2017 | volume= 2017 | issue= 1 | pages= 79-87 | pmid=29222240 | doi=10.1182/asheducation-2017.1.79 | pmc=6142587 | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=29222240  }} </ref>
* [[Short stature]]

=== Vital Signs ===
* Fever
* [[Tachycardia]] with regular pulse 
* [[Bradypnea]]

=== Skin ===
* [[Petechia|Petechiae]]
* [[Purpura]]
* [[Ecchymoses]]
* [[Jaundice]]
* [[Pallor]]
* [[Bruise|Bruises]]

=== HEENT ===
* [[Jaundice|Icteric sclera]]
* [[Nystagmus]]
* [[Microcephaly]]
* [[Microphthalmia|Microphthalmos]]
* [[Leukoplakia|Oral leukoplakia]]
* Pharyngeal ulcers
* [[Gingivitis|Necrotizing gingivitis]]
* [[Tonsillitis]]

=== Neck ===
* Neck examination of patients with aplastic anemia is usually normal.
=== Lungs ===
* Pulmonary examination of patients with aplastic anemia is usually normal unless patients develop [[pneumonia]].
* Asymmetric chest expansion 
* Hyperresonance
* Coarse [[crackles]] 
* [[Rhonchi]]
* Decreased breath sounds
* [[Tachypnea]]
* Reduced [[tactile fremitus]]

=== Heart ===
* [[Cardiac arrhythmia|Arrythmias]]
* [[Heart murmur|Murmur]]
* Chest pain
=== Abdomen ===
* [[Abdominal distention]]
* [[Diarrhea]]
* [[Splenomegaly]]
* [[Hepatomegaly]]

=== Back ===
* Back examination of patients with aplastic anemia is usually normal.
=== Genitourinary ===
* [[Hypogonadism]]

=== Neuromuscular ===
* Neuromuscular examination of patients with aplastic anemia is usually normal.

==References==
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