Kveim Stilzbach skin test

Last revised by Jeremy Jones on 28 Sep 2013

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Citation:

Gaillard F, Jones J, Kveim Stilzbach skin test. Reference article, Radiopaedia.org (Accessed on 19 Apr 2024) https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-10929

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-10929

Permalink:

https://radiopaedia.org/articles/10929

rID:

10929

Article created:

2 Oct 2010, Frank Gaillard ◉ ◈

Disclosures:

At the time the article was created Frank Gaillard had no recorded disclosures.

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Last revised:

28 Sep 2013, Jeremy Jones ◉

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At the time the article was last revised Jeremy Jones had no recorded disclosures.

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Revisions:

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Systems:

Chest, Musculoskeletal

Tags:

dermatology, test

Synonyms:

Kveim-Stilzbach skin test

The Kveim Stilzbach skin test is a sensitive and specific test for sarcoidosis, requiring the intradermal injection of homogenized spleen or liver material from a patient with known sarcoidosis. In patients with sarcoidosis, a typical sarcoid granuloma will develop at the injection site within 4-6 weeks ¹.