Persistent Hyperplastic Primary Vitreous
Synonyms
Persistent Fetal Vasculature Syndrome
Persistent Hyaloid Arteries
Persistent Hyaloid Artery
Persistent Hyaloid Vasculature
Persistent Hyaloid Vasculatures
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.)