Hepatitis B physical examination

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Physical Examination

Physical examination to look for signs of advanced liver disease should be done. The findings may include:

Skin

• Jaundice
• Spider angiomata

Spider angiomata in 47-year-old patient had longstanding jaundice and ascites consequent to biopsy-proven hepatic cirrhosis.

Abdomen

• Hepatomegaly
• Splenomegaly
• Ascites

Extremities

• Asterixis as demonstrated in the video below

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Neurologic

• Encephalopathy