dermatologic disorders in the elderly

Etiology

• bullous pemphigoid
• dermatitis
  • contact dermatitis
  • seborrheic dermatitis
  • stasis dermatitis
  • asteatotic dermatitis
• drug eruption
• lichen simplex chronicus
• infections
  • candidiasis
  • cellulitis
  • dermatophytosis
  • erysipelas
  • herpes zoster
  • warts
• infestations
  • lice
  • scabies
• keratoacanthoma
• neoplasms
  • benign neoplasms
    • seborrheic keratosis
    • solar lentigo
  • precancerous lesions:
    • actinic keratosis
    • lentigo maligna
    • dysplastic nevus
  • skin cancers
    • basal cell carcinoma (80%)
    • squamous cell carcinoma (16%)
    • melanoma (4%)
  • Kaposi's sarcoma
  • cutaneous T-cell lymphoma
• pemphigus vulgaris
• pruritus
• psoriasis
• rosacea
• vascular lesions
  • cherry angioma
  • venous lake
  • spider angioma
  • angiokeratoma of Fordyce
  • actinic purpura
• xerosis

More general terms

• skin disease (dermatologic disorder, dermatopathy, dermatosis)
• geriatric disorder; disease of old age; geriatric syndrome

Additional terms

• elderly (senior citizen)
• skin
• skin aging (includes aging of skin appendages)