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Causes of Diffuse and Localized Lymphadenopathy - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
 • Reactive (Inflammatory / Infectious)
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Neoplastic (Leukemia, Lymphoma ... ) #Diffuse #Focal ... Lymphadenopathy #LAD ... #Differential # ... Algorithm #Causes #Hematology
Causes of Localized Lymphadenopathy - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cervical:
 - Anterior
     • Infection
Epitrochlear (Always pathologic ... #Localized #Focal ... Lymphadenopathy #LAD ... #Differential # ... Algorithm #Causes #Hematology
Causes of Diffuse Lymphadenopathy - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Reactive:
 - Systemic Inflammatory
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• Young age ... Asymptomatic, Age ... Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma ... Lymphadenopathy #LAD ... Algorithm #Causes #Hematology
Hodgkin's Lymphoma vs Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma - Comparison

Hodgkin's Lymphoma:
 • Epidemiology: young adults 20-30, older 50-70
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- Pruritus: (focal ... Increases with age ... involvement Differential ... • Other hematologic ... #hematology
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
to 40 years of age ... inflamed response to local ... brainstem lesions, aseptic ... Behcet disease) Differential ... Ischemia, Leukemia, Lymphoma
Solitary Cell Plasmacytoma

What?
• Plasma cell neoplasms can present as a single lesion (solitary plasmacytoma)
• In 3%
• Median age 50- ... IFE, FLC assay Pathology ... with improved local ... • Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma ... Diagnosis #Workup #Hematology