[Value of ultrasonography in persistent hyperplastic primary vitreous body. Apropos of 4 cases]. / Intérêt de l'échographie dans la persistance et l'hyperplasie du vitré primitif. A propos de 4 cas.

The authors report 4 patients with complicated persistent hyperplastic primary vitreous. The complications observed are cataract (2 eyes) and retinal detachment (2 eyes). The affection is bilateral in two cases and unilateral in the two other cases. After a short embryologic vitreous recall, the authors present clinical and paraclinical aspects of the condition. The authors focus on the importance of echographic data.