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In posterior vitreous detachment (PVD), the gel that fills your eyeball separates from your retina. It’s a common condition with age. PVD can cause floaters or flashes of light, which you may ignore over time. Posterior vitreous detachment isn’t painful or sight-threatening.
The initial event is liquefaction and syneresis of the central vitreous. A rupture develops in the posterior hyaloid (or vitreous cortex) through which liquefied vitreous flows into the retrovitreous space, separating the posterior hyaloid from the retina.
23 gru 2022 · The most common cause of vitreous floaters in ophthalmology is posterior vitreous detachment (PVD), a separation of the posterior hyaloid face from the retina. Often, this condition is not visually threatening.
17 lis 2014 · There was suggestion of an evolving posterior vitreous detachment based on the vitreous syneresis seen in the anterior vitreous and symptoms consistent with separation of the vitreous from the retina.
25 sie 2023 · Posterior vitreous detachment (PVD) is the separation of the posterior vitreous cortex and the internal limiting membrane of the retina and is the most common cause of floaters. Anomalous PVD can lead to various deleterious effects on the retina as well as vitreous as a result of abnormal traction at the vitreoretinal interface.
5 paź 2023 · Retinal tears (RT) from posterior vitreous detachment (PVD) are an important and treatable cause of rhegmatogenous retinal detachment (RRD). Better understanding of the risk of RT from PVD will...
The condition is commonly associated with ophthalmologic manifestations including cataract, glaucoma, vitreous abnormalities, congenital megalophthalmos causing myopia, radial perivascular retinal lattice degeneration, and retinal detachment, in addition to systemic findings which may include orofacial, auditory and musculoskeletal abnormalities.
