Turkish Journal of
GERIATRICS

Hacettepe Üniversitesi İstanbul Tıp Fakültesi, Dermatoloji Anabilim Dalı-Ankara In this study we aimed to investigate cutaneous problems that have great importance in permanence of social activities of elderly people. Total of 210 patients, 65-92 years old (mean 70.7) were evaluated retrospectively from hospital files. There were 110 (52.4%) women and 100 were men (47.6%). Patients were evaluated in 12 different groups according to their cutaneous problems. The most frequent problem was cutaneous infections and infestations (64 patients, 30.5%), 11 of them (17%) had onychomycosis, 10 had (15.7%) tinea pedis and onychomycosis, 7 had (10.7%) tinea pedis. The second frequent diagnosis was inflammatory cutaneous diseases (52 patients, 24.8%), 13 of them had psoriasis (25 %), 10 had contact dermatitis (19.2%), 9 had nummular dermatitis (17.3 %). 21 patients (10 %) had found to have benign neoplasms, 18 (8.6%) patients had UV associated dermatoses and 16 patients (7.6%) had xerosis. Less frequently malign neoplasms, premalign lesions, idiopathic pruritus, podiatric diseases, drug reactions, rosacea, vitiligo and pemphigus vulgaris were seen. in our study we found pruritus, xerosis, stasis dermatitis and ulcers and seborrehic dermatitis in different frequencies that were reported before in literature, in order to determine the exact frequency of cutaneous diseases seen in elderly people prospective studies are needed. Keywords : Aging, Skin diseases, Skin, Skin aging, Elderly,