title: A case of acquired port wine stain: an association with repeated sunburn?
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Unlike congenital port wine stain (PWS), an acquired PWS is a rare vascular lesion that develops later in life. Although solar damage is associated with acquired PWS, there is no reported case of acquired PWS after sunburn in the literature.
  
  
  METHODS
  We report a case of a 54-year-old man diagnosed with acquired PWS possibly caused by repeated sunburn.
  
  
  RESULTS
  We recommended laser treatment to our patient; however, the patient did not chose to receive any treatment.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Our case demonstrates a possible rare occurrence of an acquired PWS after sunburn with larger lesions and more diffuse distribution. For this reason, our case differs from other acquired PWS cases.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Izmir Katip Celebi University Ataturk Training and Research Hospital, Izmir, Turkey. silasrmt@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Sila
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Seremet
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Izmir Katip Celebi University Ataturk Training and Research Hospital, Izmir, Turkey.
authors.forename: Elif B
authors.initials: EB
authors.lastname: Benar
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Izmir Katip Celebi University Ataturk Training and Research Hospital, Izmir, Turkey.
authors.forename: Fatma Sule
authors.initials: FS
authors.lastname: Afsar
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Izmir Katip Celebi University Ataturk Training and Research Hospital, Izmir, Turkey.
authors.forename: Aylin
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Calli
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, VA Medical Center, Kansas City, KS, USA.
authors.forename: Ozlem
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Ulusarac
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019339:Port-Wine Stain / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D012008:Recurrence; D013471:Sunburn / Q000150:complications*