Clinical Quiz
The Hong Kong Practitioner VOLUME 27 / November 2005

A young girl with vascular lesion on her face
Robin Su 蘇志慰


A monthly clinical quiz is published in The Hong Kong Practitioner. Readers are invited to participate and a prize draw, sponsored by Pfizer Corporation Hong Kong Limited, will be undertaken among the successful entries each month. For entry into the draw, simply answer the question, fill in the reply slip and return it to the College by 16 December, 2005. Each reader is allowed to submit one entry only. The name of the winner and the answer will be published in the December issue.

Clinical history:

A two and a half-year old girl developed a bright red vascular lesion on her right face that first appeared several weeks after birth. The lesion grew rapidly in size for several months, then became stationary for one year and recently became pale in colour with some involution. There was no ulceration or bleeding.
The slide and the question were prepared by:
Dr Robin Su, FHKAM(Med)
Specialist (D&V),
i/c Female Wan Chai Social Hygiene Clinic, Social Hygiene Service,
Department of Health.

What is the diagnosis?

A. Salmon patch
B. Portwine stain
C. Capillary haemangioma
D. Lymphoedema

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