persistent anterior hyperplastic primary vitreous body
per·sist·ent anterior hyperplastic primary vitreous body
(pər-sĭs′tənt)n.
A unilateral congenital abnormality of the eye occurring in full-term infants and characterized by a retrolental fibrovascular membrane, leukokoria, microphthalmos, shallow anterior chamber, and elongated ciliary processes.
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