title: Subclinical hypothyroidism during potassium iodide therapy for lymphocutaneous sporotrichosis.
abstract: This report describes a high school football player with an unusual ulcerative lesion on the upper leg that was treated initially as pyoderma gangrenosum, but later proved to be due to Sporothrix schenckii. His treatment with potassium iodide solution was complicated by the occurrence of subclinical hypothyroidism.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta 30912-2900.
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Lesher
authors.forename: M H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Fitch
authors.forename: D B
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Dunlap
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D007037:Hypothyroidism / Q000139:chemically induced*; D007871:Leg Ulcer / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000382:microbiology*; D008206:Lymphatic Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000382:microbiology*; D008297:Male; D011193:Potassium Iodide / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D017511:Pyoderma Gangrenosum / Q000175:diagnosis; D013174:Sporotrichosis / Q000188:drug therapy*
chemical_list: D011193:Potassium Iodide