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Kveim test

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A skin test for detecting sarcoidosis, a disease of unknown origin that causes inflammation of body tissues, especially the lungs and skin.</P> The Kveim test involves injecting a preparation derived from sarcoid tissue into the skin.

A lump developing at the point of injection is a positive result.

The test is named for Morten A.

Kveim, a 20th-century Norwegian physician.

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