Journal of Oral Medicine, Oral Surgery, Oral Pathology and Oral Radiology
  • Year: 2018
  • Volume: 4
  • Issue: 1

Congenital Port-Wine Stains affecting Face and Neck region: A rare entity with review of literature

  • Author:
  • B. Narender Reddy1,, Syed Afroz Ahmed2, D.R. Shravan Kumar3, Manjushree Vanje1, Veenila Pantala1
  • Total Page Count: 3
  • Page Number: 44 to 46

1Post Graduate, Dept. of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, Sri Sai College of Dental Surgery, Hyderabad, Telangana, India

2Professor & HOD, Dept. of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, Sri Sai College of Dental Surgery, Hyderabad, Telangana, India

3Reader, Dept. of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, Sri Sai College of Dental Surgery, Hyderabad, Telangana, India

*Corresponding Author: Email: bnr.ready@gmail.com

Online published on 27 November, 2018.

Abstract

Port-Wine Stains (PWSs) are more common vascular lesions comprised of progressive ectasia of blood vessels in the dermis and it can establish either congenital or acquired in form. The exact etiology is unknown, but various factors have been proposed for its pathogenesis like trauma, drugs, tumors and herpes zoster infections in acquired PWSs. Here we report a congenital PWS in a 5-year old girl affecting face and neck region.

Keywords

Port-wine stains, Sturge-weber syndrome, Vascular malformation