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By Lancaster Course in Ophthalmology
1980 - Uploaded on Mar 4, 2019.
- Last modified by Caroline Bozell on Mar 14, 2019.
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- Appears in
- Unit 08 Pathology of the Vitreous
- Condition/keywords
- persistent hyperplastic primary vitreous (PHPV), fibrovascular tissue, ciliary, hyaloid artery
- Description
- Persistence and hyperplasia of the primary vitreous (PHPV). The dense fibrovascular tissue molds the posterior surface of the lens and has drawn the ciliary processes and peripheral retina toward the center of the mass. A section of the hyaloid artery is present in the vitreous cavity (arrow). (A.F.l.P. No. 744398)