Ultrasound Screenings
The Vascular Birthmark Foundation held a free ultrasound screening clinic at the Vascular Care Group in Connecticut. The patients were believed to have simple port wine stain birthmarks. More and more ultrasounds are being done so that they can determine if there is an underlying arterial venous malformation since these are dangerous to use a laser on.
In this video, a young boy was diagnosed with a port wine stain. However, upon performing an ultrasound, it was discovered that it was not really a stain but rather an epiphenomenon caused by an underlying arterial venous malformation.