Treatment Using a Long Pulsed Nd:Yag Laser with a Pulsed Dye Laser for Four Cases of Blebbed Port Wine Stains.
10.5021/ad.2011.23.S1.S75
- Author:
Hee Sun CHANG
1
;
Young Gull KIM
;
June Hyunkyung LEE
Author Information
1. Department of Dermatology, Eulji Hospital, College of Medicine, Eulji University, Seoul, Korea. dermayun@jbnu.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Contact cooling;
Nd:YAG laser;
Port wine stain
- MeSH:
Blister;
Capillaries;
Dilatation, Pathologic;
Electrocoagulation;
Humans;
Lasers, Dye;
Port-Wine Stain;
Vascular Malformations;
Venules
- From:Annals of Dermatology
2011;23(Suppl 1):S75-S78
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Port wine stains (PWS) are congenital capillary malformations consisting of ectasia of capillaries and venules. At birth,lesions are flat and relatively uniform in color, but evolve with age to become raised, thickened, irregularly surfaced, and deeply colored. Therefore, it is considered optimal to begin treatment of patients at an early age. Conventional treatment modalities, such as electrocautery or excision, require considerable effort and may be cosmetically unsatisfactory. We have performed treatment of blebbed PWS of four patients using a 1,064 nm long pulsed Nd:YAG laser with a contact cooling device. According to their size, most blebs required three or fewer treatment sessions at 8-week intervals. Treatments were well tolerated by all subjects and patients showed moderate to good improvement of blebs. A 1,064 nm long pulsed Nd:YAG laser with contact cooling may be considered as a promising therapeutic option for treatment of blebbed PWS.
