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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. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The clinical course of leprosy is often interrupted by reactions, which are acute inflammatory episodes that can be classified as type I or type II. Type II reactions may occur as skin lesions resembling erythema multiforme (EM), which conventionally has been associated mainly with existing drug allergies or viral infections. However, differential diagnostic criteria of the different causal agents of multiform erythema remain controversial. We present an unusual case of a male patient whose first manifestation of leprosy has been a type II reaction, multiform erythema support. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

There are many conditions that can affect the umbilical cord, between them, there are the infectious kind, related developmental abnormalities of the cord, degenerative diseases related to the dynamics of the umbilical cord, vascular type, tumor and amnion. The umbilical polyp is a rare phatology consistent in a persistence of some or all omphalomesenteric duct, histologically composed of bowel or bladder mucosa. Among the infectious diseases, there is the umbilical warts, that are benign epithelial proliferations caused by infection of the human papilloma virus. Two cases of umbilical disorders in children are presented, the first one in a female infant of 1.5 months, that present a umbilical polyp. The second case, a male child of 12 years old with umbilical wart, an unusual placement, successfully treated by electrocoagulation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The torus is a non-neoplastic slow growing bone protuberance, which is usually manifested before the age of 30; Set in the hard palate is called "Torus Palatinus", and located in the lower jaw - "Torus mandibularis". In most cases, the diagnosis is usually incidental, during clinical examination, due to other reasons. The reason is that they are usually asymptomatic and patients are not aware of carrying a torus; hence the conservation treatment, unless it poses problems for the patient. We report two cases of incidental detected palatal torus in women. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]