Port-wine stain

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 Author(s): Ignacio Gómez Martín, Pedro Zaballos

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Description	Dermoscopy of port wine stain
Author(s)	Pedro Zaballos · Ignacio Gómez Martín
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Capillary malformation that is present at birth and persists throughout life. It may be localized or cover extensive areas of the skin surface.

Dermoscopy :

Superficial port-wine stain:

• Red dotted and globular vessels

Deep port-wine stain:

• Dilated linear and tortuous vessels
• Gray-whitish veil
• Pale circular areas surrounding a central brownish dot

Mixed pattern

• Dermoscopic characteristics from either superficial and deep port-wine stain

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