Name | Persistent Hyperplastic Primary Vitreous |
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Synonyms | Persistent Fetal Vasculature Syndrome | Persistent Hyaloid Arteries | Persistent Hyaloid Artery | Persistent Hyaloid Vasculature | Persistent Hyaloid Vasculatures |
Definition | A developmental ocular anomaly in which the primary VITREOUS BODY and its surrounding hyaloid vasculature failed to regress. It is usually unilateral and characterized by CATARACT; MICROPHTHALMOS (small eyeballs), and retrolenticular fibrovascular tissue. (from Yanoff: Ophthalmology, 2nd ed.) |
Categories | Congenital abnormality | Eye disease |
MeSH® ID | D054514 |
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