Argon-pumped tunable dye laser therapy for facial port-wine stain hemangiomas in adults--a new technique using small spot size and minimal power.
A low power, argon-pumped tunable dye laser was used to deliver yellow light of 577 nm. Individual blood vessels within port-wine stain hemangiomas were treated with a 0.1-mm beam of light using 8 X magnification. This technique permits excellent resolution of facial and nuchal port-wine stain hemangiomas in adults without the adverse complications of textural change, permanent pigmentation abnormality, or hypertrophic scarring.
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Chief of Mohs and Laser Surgery, University of California, Davis 95816.
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001128:Argon; D001808:Blood Vessels / Q000528:radiation effects; D003116:Color; D005153:Facial Neoplasms / Q000098:blood supply / Q000473:pathology / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D005260:Female; D006391:Hemangioma / Q000098:blood supply / Q000473:pathology / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D006801:Humans; D053685:Laser Therapy; D008297:Male; D008722:Methods; D008875:Middle Aged
D001128:Argon