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Acquired port-wine stain in a pediatric patient
1Department of Dermatology, Dr. Behcet Uz Children's Hospital, Izmir, Turkey. suleafsar@hotmail.com
Background:
Acquired port-wine stains (PWSs) are vascular lesions that are identical to congenital PWSs morphologically and histopathologically.
Objective:
Because acquired PWSs are rarely seen in adult and pediatric patients, we present a 9-year-old boy with an acquired PWS on his left forearm.
Conclusion:
None of the proposed etiologies, such as trauma, chronic sun exposure, or hormonal medication, was applicable to our patient, and a literature review showed us that acquired PWSs give a faster and better response to pulsed dye laser therapy than congenital lesions do.
