[Behavior of the intradermal reaction with lepromin in sarcoidosis patients].
The Lepromin (Mitsuda) skin test was performed in 14 patients with sarcoidosis and in 40 controls. In the sarcoidosis patients results were negative in 85.8% and positive in 14.2%. In the control group, on the contrary, results were negative in 15.0% and positive in 85.0%. Thus it became evident that patients with sarcoidosis produce an impaired reaction to the characteristic granuloma formation of the Mitsuda test. This seems to be a paradoxical response, since sarcoidosis is an essentially granulomatous disease.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007111:Immunity, Cellular; D007428:Intradermal Tests; D007916:Lepromin; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012507:Sarcoidosis / Q000276:immunology*; D012882:Skin Tests
D007916:Lepromin
Comportamento da intradermo-reação con lepromina em doentes de sarcoidose.