Diagnostic workup to differentiate hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis from other diseases.
Differential diagnosis | Tests |
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Malignancy | Bone marrow aspiration/biopsy |
Neck/chest/abdominopelvic computed tomography | |
Tumor markers | |
Infection | Cytomegalovirus, Epstein–Barr virus, parvovirus |
Hepatitis A, B, C virus | |
Human immunodeficiency virus | |
Immunoglobulin E | |
Parasite-specific antibody | |
Rheumatic disorder | Fluorescence anti-nuclear antibodyanti-double-strand DNA |
C3/C4 | |
Erythrocyte sediment rate | |
Lupus anticoagulant |