Differential diagnosis of generalized lymphadenopathy are :
-serum sickness
-drug hypersensitivity
-Sjogren’s syndrome
-dermatomyositis
-systemic lupus erythematosus
-rheumatoid arthritis
-lung cancer
-gastrointestinal carcinoma
-Virchow’s node
-metastatic cancer
-leukemia
-hodgkin’s or non Hodgkin’s lymphoma
-drug induced pseudolymphoma
-familial Mediterranean fever
-eosinophilic granuloma
-kawasaki disease
-langerhans cell histiocytosis
-histiocytosis X
-kikuchi’s disease ( histiocytic necrotizing lymphadenitis )
-dermatopathic lymphadenitis
-Castleman’s disease / giant lymph node hyperplasia
-hyperthyroidism
-lipid storage disease
-amyloidosis
-sarcoidosis
-scrub typhus
-toxoplasmosis
-leismaniasis
-filariasis
-trypanosomiasis
-lymphogranuloma venereum
-coccidioidomycosis
-histoplasmosis
-leprosy
-plague
-chancroid
-tularemia
-syphilis
-tuberculosis
-cat scratch disease
-staphylococci
-streptococci
-AIDS
-acute HIV infection
-varicella
-rubella
-herpes simplex virus
-hepatitis
- infectious mononucleosis
-serum sickness
-drug hypersensitivity
-Sjogren’s syndrome
-dermatomyositis
-systemic lupus erythematosus
-rheumatoid arthritis
-lung cancer
-gastrointestinal carcinoma
-Virchow’s node
-metastatic cancer
-leukemia
-hodgkin’s or non Hodgkin’s lymphoma
-drug induced pseudolymphoma
-familial Mediterranean fever
-eosinophilic granuloma
-kawasaki disease
-langerhans cell histiocytosis
-histiocytosis X
-kikuchi’s disease ( histiocytic necrotizing lymphadenitis )
-dermatopathic lymphadenitis
-Castleman’s disease / giant lymph node hyperplasia
-hyperthyroidism
-lipid storage disease
-amyloidosis
-sarcoidosis
-scrub typhus
-toxoplasmosis
-leismaniasis
-filariasis
-trypanosomiasis
-lymphogranuloma venereum
-coccidioidomycosis
-histoplasmosis
-leprosy
-plague
-chancroid
-tularemia
-syphilis
-tuberculosis
-cat scratch disease
-staphylococci
-streptococci
-AIDS
-acute HIV infection
-varicella
-rubella
-herpes simplex virus
-hepatitis
- infectious mononucleosis