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TREATMENT OF ERYTHEMATOUS DERMATOSES WITH POTASSIUM IODIDE
Author(s) -
Horio Takeshi,
Danno Kiichiro,
Okamoto Hiroyuki,
Miyachi Yoshiki,
Furukawa Fukumi,
Imamura Sadao
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
the journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.9
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1346-8138
pISSN - 0385-2407
DOI - 10.1111/j.1346-8138.1981.tb02568.x
Subject(s) - medicine , dermatology , erythema , iodine , erythema nodosum , chemistry , disease , organic chemistry
Forty‐seven patients with various erythematous dermatoses were treated with systemic administration of potassium iodide. There were fifteen patients with erythema nodosum, ten with nodular vasculitis, fourteen with erythema multiforme, and eight with Sweet's syndrome. Potassium iodide was dramatically effective in a substantial number of cases. In responsive patients, improvement of the cutaneous changes was evident within a few days. The effect of the drug was impressive in patients with lesional tenderness, joint pains, and/or high fever. Relief of these subjective symptoms occurred within twenty‐four hours. The possible mode of the action of potassium iodide and pathogenesis of erythematous dermatoses were also discussed.