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port-wine stain
(redirected from Port wine stain)

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port-wine stain [′pȯrt ‚wīn ‚stān]
(medicine)
A congenital hemangioma characterized by one or more red to purplish patches, usually on the face.


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This laser virtually "erases" lesions such as telangiectasia, rosacea, spider angiomas, superficial leg veins, port wine stains, lentigines, kerateses, and dermatosis papulosis nigra.
A port wine stain is one of a group of relatively common vascular malformations.
For practitioners treating patients with vascular lesions, the Vbeam Platinum offers a range of solutions and indications from port wine stains and angiomas to leg veins.
 
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