It can be excluded with radiological tests,
Kveim test, serum ACE and lysozyme levels.
[9] The Kveim reagent contains granulomatous tissue taken from the spleen of patients with sarcoidosis.
The ultrastructural features of developing Kveim test granulomas.
Beside skin biopsy
Kveim test is traditionally used for the diagnosis.8 The common laboratory findings include elevated ESR anemia leucopenia hypercalcemia or hypercalciuria.
Kveim test, Anogiotensin Convesting Engyme level and Cerebrospinal Fluid were not done.
In order to confirm the diagnosis, some additional laboratory and instrumental exams (Purified Protein Derivative (PPD) skin test; serum level of erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR), C-reactive protein (PCR), Calcium, Phosphate;
Kveim reaction test; complete microbiologic tests, Holter monitoring, echocardiography and thallium or gallium scans, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), CT scans of the central nervous system and myocardial involvement can be helpful [4].
In the intervening years, this patient has developed evidence of interstitial disease, in the form of a miliary pattern of minute nodules, but no signs of sarcoidosis, including a negative
Kveim test.
Early cellular responses to intradermal injection of
Kveim suspension in normal subjects and those with sarcoidosis.
We have already registered considerable interest in the Fluor project," said Per
Kveim, CEO of Software Innovation.
The
Kveim test is not used often in the United States because no test material has been approved for sale by the U.S.