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Descriptor English: Persistent Hyperplastic Primary Vitreous
Descriptor Spanish: Vítreo Primario Hiperplásico Persistente
Descriptor vítreo primario hiperplásico persistente
Entry term(s) arteria hialoidea persistente
persistencia de la arteria hialoidea
Scope note: Anomalía del desarrollo ocular en la que no regresan el CUERPO VÍTREO primario y su vascularización hialoidea circundante. Generalmente es unilateral y se caracteriza por CATARATA, MICROFTALMÍA (globos oculares pequeños) y tejido fibrovascular retrolenticular. (Yanoff: Ophthalmology, 2nd ed.)
Descriptor Portuguese: Vítreo Primário Hiperplásico Persistente
Descriptor French: Persistance et hyperplasie du vitré primitif
Entry term(s): Persistent Fetal Vasculature Syndrome
Persistent Hyaloid Arteries
Persistent Hyaloid Artery
Persistent Hyaloid Vasculature
Persistent Hyaloid Vasculatures
Tree number(s): C11.250.616
C16.131.384.725
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D054514
Scope note: 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.)
Allowable Qualifiers: BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CI chemically induced
CL classification
CO complications
DG diagnostic imaging
DH diet therapy
DI diagnosis
DT drug therapy
EC economics
EH ethnology
EM embryology
EN enzymology
EP epidemiology
ET etiology
GE genetics
HI history
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
MO mortality
NU nursing
PA pathology
PC prevention & control
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
PX psychology
RH rehabilitation
RT radiotherapy
SU surgery
TH therapy
UR urine
VE veterinary
VI virology
Previous Indexing: Infant, Newborn, Diseases (1966-2007)
Vitreous Body (1966-2007)
Public MeSH Note: 2008
History Note: 2008
DeCS ID: 52599
Unique ID: D054514
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Date Established: 2008/01/01
Date of Entry: 2007/07/09
Persistent Hyperplastic Primary Vitreous - Preferred
Concept UI M0505780
Scope note 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.)
Preferred term Persistent Hyperplastic Primary Vitreous
Entry term(s) Persistent Fetal Vasculature Syndrome
Persistent Hyaloid Arteries
Persistent Hyaloid Artery
Persistent Hyaloid Vasculature
Persistent Hyaloid Vasculatures



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