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Persistent Fetal Vasculature
Daniel G. Dawson, MD;
Joel Gleiser, MD;
Mansoor Movaghar, MD;
Sarit M. Patel, MD;
Daniel M. Albert, MD, MS
Madison, Wis
Arch Ophthalmol. 2003;121:1340-1341.
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A 34-MONTH-OLD female infant with a 9-month history of exotropia had a blind leukocoric left eye (Figure 1). Computed tomographic and magnetic resonance imaging scans revealed a mass in the eye (Figure 2 and Figure 3). Retinoblastoma could not be ruled out in this blind eye, therefore an enucleation was advised.
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Figure 1. Photograph of dilated left eye showing leukocoria and blood.
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Figure 2. Axial computed tomographic scan of orbits showing smaller left eye with homogeneous radiopacity of vitreous cavity. No intraocular calcification is seen.
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Figure 3. Axial T1-weighted fat-suppressed magnetic resonance imaging scan of orbits showing smaller left eye with retrolental tissue, funnel-shaped retinal detachment (arrows), and opaque subretinal fluid (asterisk).
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Findings on histopathologic evaluation of the eye revealed persistent fetal vasculature, microphthalmos, and cataract (. . . [Full Text of this Article]
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