Question 77 · LDEK · Examination and diagnosis

The possible causes of lymphadenopathy include:

1) bacterial, viral, protozoan and fungal infections;
2) autoimmune, allergic, metabolic and storage diseases;
3) lymphoma, leukemia, histiocytosis and tumor metastasis;
4) endocrinopathies, sarcoidosis, reactive inflammation of lymph nodes and Kawasaki disease;
5) skin reactions, serum sickness, drug-induced adverse reactions;
6) excessive exercise, calcification or post-infection hyalinosis.
The correct answer is:
  1. A. 1,3.
  2. B. 1,3,5.
  3. C. 1,2,5,6.
  4. D. 1,2,3,4,5.
  5. E. all the above.
Hint

Separate conditions that actively enlarge lymph nodes from residual post-infectious changes and physiological states that do not.

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