Persistent Primary Hyperplastic Vitreous (PHPV) is associated with:
Correct Answer: Patau syndrome
Description: Though Persistent Primary Hyperplastic Vitreous (PHPV) is found to be associated with many chromosomal abnormalities, the most common trisomy associated with it is Trisomy 13 (Patau Syndrome). Trisomy 18, 21 are also in rare occasions associated with PHPV. Ref: Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus, By Kenneth Weston Wright, Page 1055/ Springer, 2003; Paediatric Opthalmology by Pamella Gallin (2000), Page 85; Rudolph Paediatrics 21st Edition, Page 2390
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