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Persistent hyperplastic primary vitreous: congenital malformation of the eye.
Clinical & experimental ophthalmology - 1 Dec 2009
Shastry Barkur S
Abstract excerpt
Persistent hyperplastic primary vitreous (PHPV), also known as persistent fetal vasculature, is a rare congenital developmental malformation of the eye, caused by the failure of regression of the primary vitreous. It is divided into anterior and posterior types and is characterized by the presence of a vascular membrane located behind the lens. The condition can be of an isolated type or can occur with other...
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