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Case Reports
. 2023 Sep;50(9):806-809.
doi: 10.1111/cup.14489. Epub 2023 Jul 2.

Halogen halos: Report of an early histopathologic finding in iododerma

Avi Bitterman  1 , Melissa Peri Zundell  1 , Corinna Psomadakis  2 , Israel Kasago  1 , Robert Phelps  1 , George Niedt  1 , Saakshi Khattri  1
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Halogen halos: Report of an early histopathologic finding in iododerma

Avi Bitterman et al. J Cutan Pathol. 2023 Sep.

Abstract

Iododerma is a rare cutaneous eruption that manifests after exposure to iodine-containing compounds, with few cases reported in the literature. Previous reports of this halogenoderma have described acellular halos simulating cryptococcus on histopathological examination but there is a paucity of reports of biopsies taken early in the disease course. We present a case of a 78-year-old patient who developed a papular eruption after receiving iodinated contrast. A skin biopsy taken within 24 h of the eruption showed a neutrophilic infiltrate with cryptococcal-like acellular haloed structures, indicating that the diagnostic finding may be found early in the disease course.

Keywords: halogen halos; halogenoderma; iododerma.

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