Gingival Tissue Alterations in 2 Patients with Port Wine Stain
Balkan Journal of Dental Medicine, 2014 Nevus flammeus, which is also known as port-wine stain (PWS), is one of the vascular birthmarks. PWS occurs in 0.3% of the newborns in both genders. It is a capillary vascular malformation, characterized by a pink or red stain and may involve skin, soft ...
Kocak-Buyukdere Ayse, Guzeldemir Esra
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Laser treatment of Port-wine stains [PDF]
, 2001 A state-of-the-art pulsed dye laser machine to treat port-wine stains and other vascular lesions has been available in the Malta Health Service since 1999.
Boffa, Michael J.
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Skin Health and DiseasePort‐wine stains (PWS) are capillary vascular anomalies that are often treated with pulsed‐dye laser (PDL). Revascularization limits persistent clearance; however, the anti‐angiogenic effects of sirolimus (SIRO) may inhibit revascularization. This review
Isabella J. Tan +5 more
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Hemoporfin Photodynamic Therapy for Port-Wine Stain: A Randomized Controlled Trial.
PLoS ONE, 2016 Background and objectivesPhotodynamic therapy (PDT) has shown potentially beneficial results in treating port-wine stain, but its benefit-risk profile remains undefined.
Yi Zhao +13 more
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The Effect of Orthodontic Appliances on the Evaluation of the Professionalism and Esthetics of an Adult Employee [PDF]
, 2016 This study explored the influence of fixed and removable orthodontic appliances on participants’ ratings of the job performance, intelligence, and attractiveness of an adult female.
Vaccariello, Laura Hanson
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A rare case report of Sturge–Weber syndrome type 2 variant on Roach scale
Journal of Family Medicine and Primary CareA facial birthmark known as a port-wine stain, neurological symptoms like seizures, hemiparesis, intellectual disability, and learning difficulties, and ocular abnormalities like glaucoma, choroidal haemangiomas, or heterochromia of irides are all ...
Akhil Pratap Singh, Prabhat Agrawal
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A theoretical investigation of human skin thermal response to near-infrared laser irradiation [PDF]
, 2004 Near-infrared wavelengths are absorbed less by epidermal melanin mainly located at the basal layer of epidermis (dermo-epidermal junction), and penetrate deeper into human skin dermis and blood than visible wavelengths. Therefore, laser irradiation using
Anvari, Bahman +3 more
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A rare presentation of Sturge-Weber syndrome: when a port-wine stain is not the key - case report
Portuguese Journal of PediatricsSturge-Weber syndrome (SWS) is a sporadic congenital vascular disorder which typically presents with a facial port-wine stain and capillary malformations affecting the brain and eye.
Miguel Labrusco +4 more
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Transition into adulthood: Tuberous sclerosis complex, S turge‐ W eber syndrome, and R asmussen encephalitis [PDF]
, 2014 Peer Reviewedhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/108590/1/epi12722 ...
Chugani, Harry T. +3 more
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Sturge-Weber Syndrome with Osteohypertrophy of Maxilla
Case Reports in Pediatrics, 2013 Sturge-Weber syndrome is a rare nonhereditary developmental condition with neurological and skin disorder, characterized by presence of port wine stain on the face along with ocular disorders, oral manifestations and leptomeningeal angiomas.
Prashant Babaji +7 more
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