Dermatoporosis, an emerging disease: case report

• Main Authors: María Lorena Re Domínguez, Beatriz Di Martino Ortiz, Mirtha Rodríguez Masi, Oilda Knopfelmacher Domínguez, Lourdes Bolla Argüello de Lezcano
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Our Dermatology Online 2016-04-01
• Series: Nasza Dermatologia Online
• Subjects: Dermatoporosis; Photoaging; Cutaneous dissecting hematomas
• Online Access: http://www.odermatol.com/issue-in-html/2016-2-16/

The term dermatoporosis proposed by Kaya and Saurat in 2007, relates to the failure and chronic skin fragility due to aging. The first clinical manifestations appear by the age of 60, but fully developed signs of disease are evident among people between the ages of 70 and 90; affecting 1 in 3 people, with a prevalence of 32%. Typical manifestations of dermatoporosis are skin atrophy, senile purpura, stellate scars, skin lacerations, and dissecting hematomas. Injuries can be classified into primary and secondary. The primary are related to the timing of aging and photoaging; while secondary lesions are associated with chronic use of topical or systemic corticosteroids. The lesions usually appear on sun-exposed areas. They indicate the fourth stage. We report a case of a 74- year- old woman with deep dissecting extremity hematomas.