Partial re-emergence of a port-wine stain following successful treatment with flashlamp-pumped dye laser

Partial re-emergence of a port-wine stain following successful treatment with flashlamp-pumped dye laser
Issue online:
20 Dec 2001
Accepted for publication 7 September 2000
To cite this article: S. M. Ozluer, R. J. Barlow (2001)
Partial re-emergence of a port-wine stain following successful treatment with flashlamp-pumped dye laser
Clinical and Experimental Dermatology 26 (1), 37Ò39.
doi:10.1046/j.1365-2230.2001.00756.x
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S. M. Ozluer and R. J. BarlowDermatological Surgery and Laser Unit, St John's Institute of Dermatology, St Thomas' Hospital, London, UK

Correspondence: R. J. Barlow, Dermatological Surgery and Laser Unit, St John's Institute of Dermatology, St Thomas' Hospital, Lambeth Place Road, London SE1 7EH, UK. Tel.: +44 20 7928 9292. Fax: +44 20 79228367. E-mail: rhea.mills@gstt.sthames.nhs.uk

Abstract
We present a 49-year-old patient with a congenital superficial vascular malformation of port-wine stain (PWS) type which has partially re-emerged in the 2.5 years since it was almost completely obliterated with the flashlamp-pumped short pulse pulsed-dye laser (FPDL). This observation is discussed with respect to the possible pathogenesis of PWS, with particular reference to the underlying autonomic nerve supply. The latter would not be expected to respond to FPDL and may explain re-emergence of the lesion.

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