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Vascular Lesions: Port Wine Stains

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The pulsed dye laser is the treatment of choice for most port wine stains. Only a minority of patients have their port wine stains cleared completely after treatment. Vascular-specific lasers, particularly the pulsed dye, can treat a variety of cutaneous vascular disorders.

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Lanigan, S. (2011). Vascular Lesions: Port Wine Stains. In: Raulin, C., Karsai, S. (eds) Laser and IPL Technology in Dermatology and Aesthetic Medicine. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-03438-1_17

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