[Bilateral posterior persistent hyperplastic primary vitreous]

Ophthalmologe. 2018 Aug;115(8):680-682. doi: 10.1007/s00347-017-0589-5.
[Article in German]

Abstract

Bilateral persistent hyperplastic primary vitreous (PHPV) represents a rare entity of a congential malformation. This casuistic presents for the first time in the German literature the case of a 4-month-old child with bilateral posterior PHPV.

Keywords: Bilateral; Canal of Cloquet; Leukocoria; PHPV; Vitreous.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Persistent Hyperplastic Primary Vitreous*
  • Vitreous Body