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Volume : 4
Issue : 1
Online ISSN : 2395-6194
Print ISSN : 2395-6186
Article First Page : 44
Article End Page : 46
Abstract
Port-Wine Stains (PWSs) are more common vascular lesions comprised of progressive ectasia of blood vessels in the dermis and it can establish either congenital or acquired in form. The exact etiology is unknown, but various factors have been proposed for its pathogenesis like trauma, drugs, tumors and herpes zoster infections in acquired PWSs. Here we report a congenital PWS in a 5-year old girl affecting face and neck region.
Keywords: Port-wine stains, Sturge-weber syndrome, Vascular malformation.