Port Wine Stain
Alternative names:
flat hemangioma
Symptoms:
- lesion is always present at birth
- newborn infant with a flat pink to purplish lesion on skin
- most commonly seen on face and neck (but may occur on trunk or extremities)
- older child with a slightly more reddish to purplish lesion, flat to slightly raised
- adult with darkly red to purplish lesion, often raised and nodular
Signs and tests:
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