Kveim Test
Intradermal injection of a heated (pasteurized) saline suspension of sarcoid tissue obtained from a sarcoid spleen or lymph node. In patients with active sarcoidosis a dusky red nodule develops slowly over the next few weeks at the injection site. Histologic examination, an essential part of the complete test, reveals sarcoid tissue.
Year introduced: 1991(1975)
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Tree Number(s): E01.370.225.812.871.300.540, E05.200.812.871.300.540, E05.478.594.890.300.540
MeSH Unique ID: D007731
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