A comprehensive clinical examination is the basis for selecting further diagnostic steps:
- General physical examination – including blood pressure, pulse,body weight, height; furthermore:
- Inspection (viewing).
- Skin and mucous membranes
- Extremities
- Gait pattern (fluid, limping)
- Auscultation (listening) of the heart.
- Auscultation of the lungs
- Palpation (palpation) of the painful area [pressure pain, pain on movement, pain at rest?]
- Palpation of the abdomen (belly), etc.
- Inspection (viewing).
- If necessary, orthopedic examination [due todifferential diagnoses:
- Aneurysmal bone cyst – aggressive, expansive growing cyst.
- Fibrous dysplasia – malformation of bone tissue, that is, the bones form tumor-like protrusions.
- Injuries/sports injuries]
[due topossible secondary diseases:
- Pathological fracture (bone fracture) (spontaneous fracture due to pathological (pathological) processes in the bone)].
- Health check
Square brackets [ ] indicate possible pathological (pathological) physical findings.
