Kveim test
- Skin test to detect sarcoidosis
- Intracutaneous injection of spleen extract of patient with sarcoidosis (Kveim antigen)
- Positive result – granulomas found 4-6 weeks later
- False negative – corticosteroid therapy
- Risk of transmission of diseases like bovine spongiform encephalopathy- hence not done nowadays
- Named after norwegian pathologist Morten Ansgar Kveim
Also called:
- Nickerson Kveim reaction
- Kveim Nickerson skin test
