What is the difference between a port wine stain and a hemangioma? Is it just the color of the lesion?
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What is the difference between a port wine stain and a hemangioma? Is it just the color of the lesion?
Answer:
Port wine stain birthmarks are present at birth; hemangiomas are not. Port wine stains stay flat; hemangiomas may start of flat, but always become elevated. Port wine stains can be dramatically improved with pulsed dye laser treatment; many hemangioms go away on their own