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AAP Grand Rounds 17:70 (2007)
© 2007 American Academy of Pediatrics

Port-Wine Stains Darken with Time After Pulsed-Dye Laser Treatment

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Port-wine stains are capillary malformations affecting 0.3% of newborns and commonly involve the head and neck.¹ Pulsed-dye laser therapy has been considered the treatment of choice for the last 20 years. In 1998, investigators from the Netherlands reported the results of a prospective assessment of 89 patients (age 0–31 years) with port-wine stains to determine if early pulsed-dye laser treatment produced improved outcomes.² The color of the port-wine stain was compared to unaffected skin in study patients before and after therapy using a chromometer to obtain an objective measure of change. In the present study, 51 of . . . [Full Text of this Article]

James G. H. Dinulos, MD, FAAP

Dermatology, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH