A 3-month-old girl presented with generalized marbling of the skin (cutis marmorata) and a striking port wine stain on philtrum present since birth (Figures 1 2). bilateral sandal gap between great second toes (Figure 3), macrodactyly left toe, overgrowth both feet, hands, her right leg as well joint hypermobility were noted. Upon physical neurologic examination, including measurement head circ...

the sturge-weber syndrome or encephalotrigeminal angiomatosis is a rare neurological and congenital disorder with a frequency of 1 in 50,000 births. this syndrome is a nonhereditary developmental condition and is characterized by the presence of congenital capillary malformation and a hamartomatous vascular proliferation involving the face (port-wine stain or facial birthmark), sometimes skull ...

Recently it has been demonstrated that the typical aroma of oxidative spoiled white wine are related with the presence of methional and phenylacetaldehyde, substances accountable respectively for the “boiled-potato” and “honey-like” odour notes with threshold values of 0.5 μg/L and 25 μg/L . These compounds can be formed by the direct oxidation of the respective alcohol or via Strecker degradat...

Background: Birthmarks are common reasons for parents’ concern.Some of them may need further investigation to find out theunderlying systemic disorders or their potential for malignanttransformation. The purpose of this study was to determine thefrequency of vascular and pigmented birthmarks in infants fromthe Northeast of Iran.Method: This descriptive study was conducted on 1000 healthyinfants...