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Any birthmark, mole, or coloured spot on the
skin, especially the kind called a `port-wine
mark'. This is a maroon-coloured area of the
skin, consisting of a mass of small blood
vessels. A naevus of moderate size is
harmless, and such marks are usually
disguised cosmetically unless they are
extremely disfiguring, when they can
sometimes be treated by cutting out, by
burning with an electric needle, by freezing
with carbon dioxide snow, or by argon laser
treatment.