Congenital Port-Wine Stains affecting Face and Neck region: A rare entity with review of literature Reddy B. Narender1,*, Ahmed Syed Afroz2, Kumar D.R. Shravan3, Vanje Manjushree1, Pantala Veenila1 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. Top Keywords Port-wine stains, Sturge-weber syndrome, Vascular malformation. Top |