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Persistent hyperplastic primary vitreous (PHPV) must be considered in the differential diagnosis of leukocoria. PHPV is unilateral in more than 80% of cases, and bilateral in about 20%. It has a sporadic heredity pattern; that is, no discernible sign of genetic transmission is present, although PHPV has been seen in association with trisomy 13.
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Orellana, J., Friedman, A.H. (1993). Persistent Hyperplastic Primary Vitreous. In: Clinico-Pathological Atlas of Congenital Fundus Disorders. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-9320-7_22
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