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port wine stain on a child's face, sturge-weber syndrome, legs, nevus flammeus, a port-wine stain, vascular, containing vessels, birthmark made of enlarged capillaries, in the skin, produce a reddish-purplish discoloration, the skin, port-wine stains, pws, present at birth, the rate is 3 out of 1,000 people, port-wine stains occur most often on the face but, appear anywhere on the body, early stains, flat, pink in appearance, the child matures, color, deepen to a dark red, purplish color, pws may cause emotional, social problems, the affected person, appearance, port-wine stains that involve the upper, lower lids, trigeminal distribution, the development of glaucoma, pws one of a group of symptoms, signs, perhaps, syndrome sturge-weber syndrome, klippel-trenaunay-weber syndrome, present at birth, a flat pink-to-purplish lesion on skin in infants, most commonly seen on face, neck, occur on trunk, extremities, slightly more reddish-to-purplish lesion, flat to slightly raised in older children, darkly red-to-purplish lesion in adults, your doctor, diagnose a port wine stain based entirely upon its appearance, in unusual cases, a skin biopsy needed to confirm the diagnosis, depending on the location, the birthmark, your doctor, order a measurement of intraocular pressure, x-ray, the skull, many treatments have been tried, port-wine stains, freezing, surgery, radiation, tattooing, lasers have made the biggest impact on treatment, the sole method of destroying the tiny blood vessels, in the skin, significant damage, overlying skin, flashlamp pumped dye laser, a yellow light laser, has been the most successful at destroying stains in infants, young children, two other yellow light lasers, the copper vapor, krypton laser, have been used successfully in adults, neodymium-yag laser, treat thick, nodular, deep purple port-wine stains, national congenital port-wine stain foundation, 125 east 63rd street, new york, ny 10021, treatment of infants, the flashlamp pumped dye laser generally produces marked improvement in appearance, stains on the face respond better than those on the trunk, limbs, older stains more difficult to treat, hypertrophy, increased tissue mass, the stains, occasionally produce deformity, increasing disfigurement, all birthmarks, evaluated by the health care provider, a routine examination.