Generalized lymphadenopathy
Generalized lymphadenopathy is swollen lymph glands in many areas of the body.
Usually this is in response to a body-wide infectious disease such as influenza and will go away once the person has recovered, but sometimes it can persist long-term, even when there is no obvious cause of disease. This is then called persistent generalized lymphadenopathy.
Causes
- Infection :
- * Viral : Infectious mononucleosis, Infective hepatitis, AIDS
- * Bacterial : Tuberculosis, Brucellosis, secondary syphilis, Tularemia
- * Protozoal : Toxoplasmosis
- * Fungal : Histoplasmosis
- Malignant :
- * Leukaemia
- * Metastatic carcinoma
- Immunological :
- * Systemic lupus erythematosus
- * Felty's syndrome
- * Still's disease
- * Drug hypersensitivity as Hydantoin, Hydralazine, Allopurinol
- Misc. :
- * Sarcoidosis
- * Amyloidosis
- * Lipid storage disease
- * Hyperthyroidism