Misdiagnosis of Lymphoma
| About misdiagnosis: When checking for a misdiagnosis of Lymphoma or confirming a diagnosis of Lymphoma, it is useful to consider what other medical conditions might be possible misdiagnoses or other alternative conditions relevant to diagnosis. These alternate diagnoses of Lymphoma may already have been considered by your doctor or may need to be considered as possible alternative diagnoses or candidates for misdiagnosis of Lymphoma. For a general overview of misdiagnosis issues for all diseases, see Overview of Misdiagnosis. |
Alternative diagnoses list for Lymphoma: For a diagnosis of Lymphoma, the following list of conditions have been mentioned in sources as possible alternative diagnoses to consider during the diagnostic process for Lymphoma:
Lymphoma as an alternative diagnosis: The other diseases for which Lymphoma is listed as a possible alternative diagnosis in their lists include:
Discussion of diagnosis/misdiagnosis of Lymphoma: The doctor confirms the diagnosis of sarcoidosis by eliminating other diseases with similar features. These include such granulomatous diseases as berylliosis (a disease resulting from exposure to beryllium metal), tuberculosis, farmer's lung disease (hypersensitivity pneumonitis), fungal infections, rheumatoid arthritis, rheumatic fever, and cancer of the lymph nodes (lymphoma). 1
Medical news summaries about misdiagnosis of Lymphoma: The following medical news items are relevant to misdiagnosis of Lymphoma:
Misdiagnosis cases for Lymphoma:
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Footnotes:
1. excerpt from NHLBI, Sarcoidosis: NHLBI
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