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Port-wine stain

Symptoms of Port-wine stain

• Reddish to purplish skin discoloration
• Birthmark involving swollen blood vessels
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• Hidden causes of Port-wine stain (possibly wrongly diagnosed)

Port-wine stain: Complications

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Causes of Port-wine stain

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Misdiagnosis and Port-wine stain

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Port-wine stain: Research Doctors & Specialists

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Hospitals & Clinics: Port-wine stain

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Clinical Trials for Port-wine stain

The US based website ClinicalTrials.gov lists information on both federally and privately supported clinical trials using human volunteers.

Some of the clinical trials listed on ClinicalTrials.gov for Port-wine stain include:

• Treatment of Naevus Flammeus Using Intense Pulsed Light and Pulsed Dye Laser - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006)
• Evaluation and Optimization of the Technical and Clinical Performance of the Lumenis ONE Platform - This study is no longer recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006)
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Port-wine stain: Broader Related Topics

• Skin conditions
• Congenital conditions
• Infant health conditions
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Types of Port-wine stain

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Definitions of Port-wine stain:

A vascular malformation of developmental origin characterized pathologically by ectasia of superficial dermal capillaries, and clinically by persistent macular erythema. In the past, port wine stains have frequently been termed capillary hemangiomas, which they are not; unfortunately this confusing practice persists: HEMANGIOMA, CAPILLARY is neoplastic, a port-wine stain is non-neoplastic. Port-wine stains vary in color from fairly pale pink to deep red or purple and in size from a few millimeters to many centimeters in diameter. The face is the most frequently affected site and they are most often unilateral. (From Rook et al., Textbook of Dermatology, 5th ed, p483) - (Source - Diseases Database)

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