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Aplastic anemia echocardiography or ultrasound
Introduction
Overview
Overview
There are no echocardiographic findings associated with aplastic anemia. On abdominal ultrasound, hepatosplenomegaly may raise the possibility of malignancy as a cause of pancytopenia.
Echocardiography
Echocardiography
There are no echocardiographic findings associated with aplastic anemia.
Ultrasound
Ultrasound
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.
References
References
- ↑ Gonçalves V, Calado R, Palaré MJ, Ferrão A, Morais A (February 2013). “Hepatitis-associated aplastic anaemia: a poor prognosis”. BMJ Case Rep. 2013. doi:10.1136/bcr-2012-007968. PMC 3604385. PMID 23413287.
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