01079nas a2200253 4500000000100000008004100001260000900042653000900051653002800060653001100088653001500099653001300114653002500127653000900152653001600161653001800177653001500195100001700210245013600227300001000363490000700373520043100380022001400811 1989 d c198910aAged10aDiagnosis, Differential10aHumans10aKveim Test10aLepromin10aLeprosy, Tuberculoid10aMale10aSarcoidosis10aSkin Diseases10aSkin Tests1 aProença N G00a[Interpretation of the Mitsuda and Kveim tests in the differential diagnosis of tuberculoid hanseniasis and cutaneous sarcoidosis]. a163-50 v173 a

Patients with sarcoidosis that present only cutaneous lesions are uncommon but have been described. In countries where leprosy occurs as an endemic disease the differential diagnosis between sarcoidosis and tuberculoid leprosy may be difficult to establish. In order to entrance the correct diagnosis this study presents a table in which the results of lepromin and Kveim tests are analyzed are correlated to the other.

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