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- Overview
- Symptoms
- Treatment
- Prevention
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A port-wine stain is a birthmark in which swollen blood vessels create a reddish-purplish discoloration of the skin.
Alternative Names
Nevus flammeus
Causes, incidence, and risk factors
Port-wine stains occur in about 3 out of 1,000 people.
Port-wine stains rarely may be a sign of
Review Date: 05/13/2011
Reviewed By: Kevin Berman, MD, PhD, Atlanta Center for Dermatologic Disease,
Atlanta, GA. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare
Network. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical
Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.
A.D.A.M., Inc. is accredited by URAC, also known as the American Accreditation HealthCare Commission (www.urac.org)
