Preferred Label : persistent hyperplastic primary vitreous;

MeSH 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.);

MeSH synonym : persistent hyaloid artery; persistent hyaloid vasculatures; persistent hyaloid vasculature; persistent fetal vasculature syndrome; persistent hyaloid arteries;

Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persistent hyperplastic primary vitreous;

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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.)

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