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. 2016 Feb 9:163–190. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-27532-1_8

Table 8.2.

Causes of CLA

I. Infectious II. Malignant VI. Medications

Viral

Infectious mononucleosis

Infectious hepatitis

Herpes simplex

Rubella

Measles

Adenovirus

HIV

Bacterial

Streptococcus

Staphylococcus

Cat-scratch disease

Tularemia

Tuberculosis

Syphilis

leprosy

Diphtheria

Chlamydia

Lymphogranuloma venereum

Trachoma

Rickettsial

Scrub typhus

Rickettsial pox

Fungal

Histoplasmosis

Coccidiomycosis

Parasitic

Toxoplasmosis

Leishmaniasis

Hodgkin’s lymphoma

Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma (NHL)

Acute lymphoblastic leukemia

Chronic lymphoblastic leukemia

Hairy cell leukemia

T cell lymphoma

Multiple myeloma with amyloidosis

Metastatic

Allopurinol

Atenolol

Captopril

Carbamazepine

Cephalosporin

Gold

Hydralazine

Penicillin

Phenytoin

Primidone

Pyrimethamine

Quinidine

III. Immunological disease VII. Miscellaneous

Rheumatoid arthritis

Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)

Sjogren’s syndrome

Drug hypersensitivity

Silicone associated

Serum diseases

Graft versus host disease

Sarcoidosis

Histiocytosis X

Kikuchi’s disease

Kawasaki’s disease

Castleman’s disease

Lymphomatoid granulomatosis

IV. Endocrine disease

Hyperthyroidism

Thyroiditis

Adrenal insufficiency

V. Lipid storage disorders

Gaucher’s disease

Niemann-Pick’s disease

Adapted from Sambandan et al. [13] and Upadhyay et al. [20]