Port-wine stains of the head and neck in adults and children demonstrate differences in response to treatment with the pulsed dye laser according to their anatomical location. Centrofacial lesions and lesions involving dermatome V2 in adults and children respond less favorably than lesions located elsewhere on the head and neck. Midline lesions respond very favorably in adults and children.

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A 35-year-old woman developed toxic epidermal necrolysis secondary to phenytoin. Because the life-threatening eruption was resistant to prednisone and high-dose methylprednisolone therapy, cyclosporine therapy was initiated. Within 24-48 hours, the eruption stabilized and the patient improved.

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