Iododerma: an unusual side effect of iodide ingestion

Pediatr Dermatol. 1996 Jan-Feb;13(1):51-3. doi: 10.1111/j.1525-1470.1996.tb01189.x.

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.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Inflammatory Agents / therapeutic use
  • Biopsy, Needle
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Drug Eruptions / diagnosis
  • Drug Eruptions / drug therapy
  • Drug Eruptions / etiology*
  • Drug Eruptions / physiopathology
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Potassium Iodide / adverse effects*
  • Potassium Iodide / therapeutic use
  • Prednisolone / therapeutic use
  • Respiratory Tract Infections / drug therapy
  • Skin / pathology

Substances

  • Anti-Inflammatory Agents
  • Potassium Iodide
  • Prednisolone