title: Iododerma: an unusual side effect of iodide ingestion.
abstract: A 13-month-old girl developed multiple pruritic, 1- to 7-cm, vegetating and ulcerative masses on the neck, extremities, and trunk after a one-week course of an antibiotic and an expectorant that contained potassium iodide, prescribed for treatment of a respiratory tract infection. Clinical and histopathologic findings were consistent with the diagnosis of iododerma. A thorough search for an underlying disease was negative. On cessation of potassium iodide and administration of oral prednisolone 1 mg/kg/day, a dramatic response was achieved.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, KTU Faculty of Medicine, Trabzon, Turkey.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Alpay
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kurkcuoglu
mesh_terms: D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D003875:Drug Eruptions / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D011193:Potassium Iodide / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D011239:Prednisolone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D012141:Respiratory Tract Infections / Q000188:drug therapy; D012867:Skin / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents; D011193:Potassium Iodide; D011239:Prednisolone