FATAL IODODERMA
- 1 August 1936
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in Archives of Dermatology and Syphilology
- Vol. 34 (2) , 228-241
- https://doi.org/10.1001/archderm.1936.01470140036005
Abstract
Two important publications appeared in 1931 on the subject of fatal iododerma, one in the American literature by Eller and Fox,1the other in the German literature by Joffe.2We are indebted to these authors for calling this condition to our attention and also for their careful review of the literature. A cutaneous eruption as a result of the ingestion of iodine occurs not infrequently, but as a general rule it disappears when this is discontinued. In some instances, however, in spite of discontinuance and treatment, the patient dies as a result of this intoxication. Ten such fatal cases have thus far been authenticated. In each instance a definite history of ingestion of iodine, for a shorter or longer period, was obtained. The eruption which developed was bullous, pemphigoid or tumorous. Death occurred from heart failure, bronchopneumonia or edema of the lungs. The ten cases thusKeywords
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