Phacomatosis pigmentovascularis type IIa successfully treated with two types of laser therapy

We describe a 28-year-old Japanese woman with phacomatosis pigmentovascular is type IIa who was treated by 27 sessions of Q-switched ruby laser irradia tion to the site of dermal melanosis on her face and three sessions of dye laser irradiation to the port-wine stain on her left cheek. This is the fir st report of the successful treatment of a cutaneous lesion in a patient wi th phacomatosis pigmentovascularis. As the outcome of the treatments was ex cellent, we conclude that phacomatosis pigmentovascularis type IIa can be t reated successfully by the combination of the two types of laser therapy.