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Last uploaded: March 22, 2026
Id http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D007731
http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D007731
Preferred Name

Kveim Test

Definitions
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.
Synonyms
Test, Kveim
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