Posterior vitreous detachment

external

• Synonyms

  • PVD
  • Vitreous detachment

• Causes

  • Myopia
  • Ehlers-Danlos syndrome
  • Proliferative retinopathy
  • Aphakia
  • Pseudophakia

• Effects

  • Vitreous haemorrhage
  • Detachment light phenomenon
  • Monocular blindness
  • Optical floater
  • Absent red reflex
  • Rhegmatogenous retinal detachment
  • Visual distortion

• Parents

  • Ocular pathology