Aplastic anemia echocardiography or ultrasound

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] Shyam Patel [2] Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Nazia Fuad M.D.

There are no echocardiographic findings associated with aplastic anemia. On abdominal ultrasound, hepatosplenomegaly may raise the possibility of malignancy as a cause of pancytopenia.

There are no echocardiographic findings associated with aplastic anemia.

Abdominal ultrasound:^[1]

• An enlarged spleen and/or enlarged lymph nodes raises the possibility of a malignant hematological as a leading cause of pancytopenia.
• In younger patients, abnormal or anatomically displaced kidneys are features of Fanconi anaemia.