* Chronic lymphocytic leukemia must be differentiated from other diseases that cause weight loss, night sweats, hepatosplenomegaly, and palpable lymph nodes, such as hairy cell leukaemia, prolymphocytic leukaemia, follicular lymphoma, and mantle cell lymphoma.<ref>Hoffbrand V, Moss P. Essential Haematology. John Wiley & Sons; 2011</ref>
Chronic lymphocytic leukemia must be differentiated from other diseases that cause [[weight loss]], [[night sweats]], [[hepatosplenomegaly]], and palpable [[lymph node]]s, such as [[hairy cell leukaemia]], [[Prolymphocytic leukemia|prolymphocytic leukaemia]], [[follicular lymphoma]], and [[mantle cell lymphoma]].
==Differenting Chronic lymphocytic leukemia from other Diseases==
==Differenting Chronic lymphocytic leukemia from other Diseases==
* Chronic lymphocytic leukemia must be differentiated from other diseases that cause weight loss, night sweats, hepatosplenomegaly, and palpable lymph nodes, such as hairy cell leukaemia, prolymphocytic leukaemia, follicular lymphoma, and mantle cell lymphoma.
Chronic lymphocytic leukemia must be differentiated from other diseases that cause [[weight loss]], [[night sweats]], [[hepatosplenomegaly]], and palpable [[lymph node]]s, such as [[hairy cell leukaemia]], [[Prolymphocytic leukemia|prolymphocytic leukaemia]], [[follicular lymphoma]], and [[mantle cell lymphoma]].
* The table below summarizes how to differentiate chronic lymphocytic leukemia from other conditions that cause similar presentation:<ref>Hoffbrand V, Moss P. Essential Haematology. John Wiley & Sons; 2011</ref>
* Chronic lymphocytic leukemia must also be differentiated from other causes of fever, hepatosplenomegaly, and lymph node swelling such as:<ref name="wiki>Chronic Lymphocytic Leukimea. Wikipedia (2015) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B-cell_chronic_lymphocytic_leukemia Accessed on October ,12 2015</ref>