Treatment of a port-wine stain in a black patient with the pulsed dye laser.
A black man presenting with a port-wine stain was spot-treated with a flashlamp-pumped pulsed dye laser. The 1 cm2 area was treated with the flashlamp-pumped pulsed dye laser using rhodamine in methanol as the dye, a wavelength of 585 nm, a pulse duration of 450 microseconds, and a circular spot size of 5 mm. Energy density was 7.75 J/cm2. Superficial sloughing of the skin was noted immediately posttreatment. Persistent hyperpigmentation, textural changes to the skin, and no improvement in the port-wine stain were noted at follow-ups 2-, 4-, and 8-months posttreatment.
Ashinoff
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Department of Dermatology, New York University Medical Center, New York 10016.
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D001165:Arteriovenous Malformations / Q000473:pathology / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D005260:Female; D005542:Forearm; D006801:Humans; D053685:Laser Therapy; D008297:Male; D012867:Skin / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000473:pathology; D012880:Skin Pigmentation