"Port-Wine Stain" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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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)
| Descriptor ID |
D019339
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C16.131.831.675 C17.800.804.675
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| Concept/Terms |
Port-Wine Stain- Port-Wine Stain
- Port Wine Stain
- Port-Wine Stains
- Stain, Port-Wine
- Stains, Port-Wine
- Nevus Flammeus
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| 1997 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Port-Wine Stain" by people in Profiles.
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Current Practices in Pediatric Dermatology Laser Therapy: An International Survey. Lasers Surg Med. 2021 09; 53(7):946-952.
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The Pathogenesis of Port Wine Stain and Sturge Weber Syndrome: Complex Interactions between Genetic Alterations and Aberrant MAPK and PI3K Activation. Int J Mol Sci. 2019 May 07; 20(9).
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State-of-the-art lasers and light treatments for vascular lesions: from red faces to vascular malformations. Semin Cutan Med Surg. 2017 Dec; 36(4):207-212.
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Treatment of port-wine stains with a short pulse width 532-nm Nd:YAG laser. J Drugs Dermatol. 2013 Jan; 12(1):66-71.
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Phacomatosis pigmentovascularis of cesioflammea type in 7 patients: combination of ocular pigmentation (melanocytosis or melanosis) and nevus flammeus with risk for melanoma. Arch Ophthalmol. 2011 Jun; 129(6):746-50.
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Rorschach inkblot port-wine stain. Pediatr Dermatol. 1997 Nov-Dec; 14(6):466-9.