Persistent hyperplastic primary vitreous

rare

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.)

Identifiers: MONDO:0019631 Orphanet:91495
Part of: Congenital vitreoretinal dysplasia Vitreous disorder
Also known as: congenital retinal detachment · ncRNA disease · non-syndromic congenital retinal non-attachment · persistent fetal vasculature syndrome · persistent foetal vasculature syndrome

Subtypes

All diseases Rare only

Disease	ID	Subtypes	Genes
Persistent hyperplastic primary vitreous, autosomal dominant	MONDO:0012653
Persistent hyperplastic primary vitreous, autosomal recessive	MONDO:0009097		ATOH7

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