Definition of Nevus flammeus

1. Noun. A flat birthmark varying from pink to purple.

Exact synonyms: Port-wine Stain
Generic synonyms: Birthmark, Nevus

Medical Definition of Nevus flammeus

1. Flame nevus, a large congenital vascular nevus having a purplish colour; it is usually found on the head and neck and persists throughout life. See: Sturge-Weber syndrome. Synonym: port-wine mark, port-wine stain. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Nevus Flammeus

nevolipoma
nevose
nevoxanthoendothelioma
nevskite
nevus
nevus anaemicus
nevus angiectodes
nevus arachnoideus
nevus araneus
nevus cavernosus
nevus cell
nevus elasticus of Lewandowski
nevus lipomatodes
nevus lymphaticus
nevus of ota
nevus papillomatosus
nevus pigmentosus
nevus pilosus
nevus sanguineus
nevus spilus
nevus vascularis
nevus venosus
nevvy

Literary usage of Nevus flammeus

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Therapeutic Gazette (1916)
"My experience with filtered ultra-violet rays by the compression method in the treatment of nevus flammeus and allied skin lesions has led to the following ..."

2. A Manual of surgery for students and physicians by Francis T. Stewart (1921)
"When the arterioles are principally involved, the growth is bright red (nevus flammeus, or strawberry mark}; when the venules predominate, the color is dark ..."

3. A Practical treatise on diseases of the skin by John Vietch Shoemaker (1909)
"The flat or simple angioma, nevus flammeus, consists mainly of dilated and deformed capillaries situated in the upper layers of the true skin. ..."

4. Electricity in Diseases of the Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat with Illustrations by William Franklin Coleman (1912)
"Rogers writes that the forms of nevus vascu- laris which are most amenable to treatment include nevus flammeus: known as birthmark or port wine stain. ..."

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