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It is important for general practitioners to recognize cutaneous port-wine stains as these could signify important association with Sturge Weber syndrome, where neurological and ocular complications are likely. Port-wine stains are venous ectasias that are present at birth,but changes colour from pale to pink in the newborn to a deep red or dark purple colour (as in port wine) later.