People who have experienced chronic abdominal pain, diarrhea, fever, weight loss, and anemia may be examined for signs of Crohn's disease. In addition to a complete medical history and physical examination, diagnostic procedures for Crohn's disease may include: Blood tests.
The differential diagnosis of lymphocytopenia includes: 1  Infections, acute General acute infections. 2  Immunodeficiency AIDS. 3  Immune Systemic lupus erythematosis. 4  Endocrine ACTH. 5  Lymphatic circulation defects Intestinal lymphangectasia. 6  Medications Corticosteroids. 7  Miscellaneous Renal failure.
Atypical lymphoid infiltrates occurring in the setting of connective-tissue disease (CTD) comprise malignant neoplasms of B-cell or T-cell phenotypes and various reactive lymphoid hyperplasias, such as myoepithelial sialadenitis, lymphocytic thyroiditis, and lymphocytic interstitial pneumonitis.e describe 17 patients with atypical lymphoid infiltrates arising in cutaneous lesions of CTD, the spectrum of which included lupus erythematosus, dermatomyositis, relapsing polychondritis, and lichen sclerosus et atrophicus.