Persistent hyperplastic primary vitreous
M Silbert, AS Gurwood - Clinical eye and vision care, 2000 - Elsevier
Persistent hyperplastic primary vitreous (PHPV) is a common congenital developmental
anomaly of the eye that results following failure of the embryological, primary vitreous and
hyaloid vasculature to regress. It typically presents unilaterally without associated systemic
findings. Although the etiology is assumed to be identical in each of its three variants, PHPV
is still subclassified into three presentations. The purely anterior presentation of PHPV is
also known as persistent tunica vasculosa lentis and persistent posterior fetal fibrovascular …
anomaly of the eye that results following failure of the embryological, primary vitreous and
hyaloid vasculature to regress. It typically presents unilaterally without associated systemic
findings. Although the etiology is assumed to be identical in each of its three variants, PHPV
is still subclassified into three presentations. The purely anterior presentation of PHPV is
also known as persistent tunica vasculosa lentis and persistent posterior fetal fibrovascular …
