dermatologic disorders
Capillary Malformations
Introduction
Capillary malformations are present at birth and appear as flat, pink, red, or purplish lesions. Port-wine stains (or nevus flammeus) are flat, reddish to purple lesions appearing anywhere on the body ( General reference ). Lesions become darker and more palpable with time (often becoming quite hyperplastic by late middle age), but the lateral extent increases only in proportion to the growth of the patient. Port-wine stains of the trigeminal area may be a component of the 