Kveim test

In the past, the Kveim test was used to diagnose sarcoidosis.

A Kveim test was negative.

There is a concern that certain infections, such as bovine spongiform encephalopathy, could be transferred through a Kveim test.

Tuberculin and Kveim tests and brucella serology were negative.

Kveim tests were negative and sarcoidosis restricted to the abdominal lymph nodes appears to be rare.

Chest radiograph, abdominal ultrasound, Kveim test, tuberculin test, brucella serology, and all other routine tests were negative.

The Kveim test, Nickerson-Kveim or Kveim-Siltzbach test is a skin test used to detect sarcoidosis, where part of a spleen from a patient with known sarcoidosis is injected into the skin of a patient suspected to have the disease.