port-wine stain

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Related to port-wine stain: nevus flammeus, Port Wine Nevus

port′-wine′ stain`

a large birthmark of purplish color, usu. on the face or neck.

[1885–90]

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Noun

port-wine stain - a flat birthmark varying from pink to purple

nevus flammeus

birthmark, nevus - a blemish on the skin that is formed before birth

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port-wine stain

n mancha en vino de Oporto

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Sturge-Weber syndrome (SWS) is a neurological disorder related to a gene mutation, marked by a distinctive port-wine stain on the forehead, scalp or around the eye.

Newborn's eyesight saved with timely surgery

Clinical presentation of SWS includes neurological features such as headaches, developmental delay, mental retardation and primarily seizures, as well as port-wine stain

TYPE III ROACH SCALE STURGE-WEBER SYNDROME ASSOCIATED WITH AN EXTRACRANIAL LIPOMA - A CASE REPORT/VARIJANTA TIPA III STARDZ-VEBEROVOG SINDROMA PO ROUCU UDRUZENA SA EKSTRAKRANIJALNIM LIPOMOM--PRIKAZ SLUCAJA

Objective: To determine the effect of facial port-wine stain (PWS) on quality of life (QoL) in our population with skin type III to IV, using the Skindex-29 scoring system.

Use of Skindex-29 to assess quality of life in patients with port-wine stain

The classical triad of Sturge-Weber syndrome is a port-wine stain on the face, glaucoma and leptomeningeal angiomas.

Sturge-Weber Syndrome Type III

Background: The location of facial port-wine stain (PWS) may be helpful for predicting some associated anomalies; high glaucoma incidence is found in patients with eyes close to PWS-affected areas (V1, ophthalmic branch area of the trigeminal nerve).

Glaucoma in Patients with Eyes Close to Areas Affected by Port-wine Stain has Lateral and Gender Predilection

Sturge-Weber syndrome (SWS), or encephalotrigeminal angiomatosis, is a rare, congenital neurocutaneous syndrome characterized by unilateral facial cutaneous vascular malformation (nevus flammeus or port-wine stain [PWS]) in association with ipsilateral leptomeningeal angiomatosis.

Orofacial Manifestations of Encephalotrigeminal Angiomatosis: A Case Report and Review of Literature

Seventeen patients with facial Port-Wine Stain (PWSs) have been treated in present study.

The effects of laser radiation on biological skin tissues

(5) Port-wine stain or flat haemangioma is a vascular malformation present at birth and that does not show tendency toward involution.

A case of Klippel Trenaunay syndrome

Norman Lock; THE PORT-WINE STAIN; Bellevue Literary Press (Fiction: Fantasy) 16.95 ISBN: 9781942658061

The Port-Wine Stain

Klippel-Trenaunay Syndrome (KTS) is one of the rare congenital hyperplasia syndromes, generally involving a single extremity, characterized by port-wine stain type cutaneous vascular malformations, bone and soft tissue hypertrophy and varicose veins.

Klippel-Trenaunay Syndrome accompanied by the findings of scoliosis and spinal nerve root compression due to AVM

Klippel-Trenaunay-Weber syndrome (KTWS) is characterized by a triad of port-wine stain, varicose veins, and bone and soft tissue hypertrophy involving an extremity [1].