Ocular conditions associated with posterior vitreous detachment in young patients.
OBJECTIVE
To investigate the ocular conditions associated with posterior vitreous detachment (PVD) in young patients.


METHODS
The vitreous conditions of 861 patients younger than 30 years were studied retrospectively and examined biomicroscopically.


RESULTS
In the first and second decades of life, retinitis pigmentosa, nondiabetic retinal vascular disorders, and a history of ocular contusion were most commonly associated with PVD. In the third decade of life, proliferative diabetic retinopathy was overwhelmingly the condition most commonly associated with PVD.


CONCLUSIONS
This study delineated the ocular pathologic conditions associated with PVD in young patients. These findings may be useful in the management of PVD in patients younger than 30 years.
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Schepens Eye Research Institute, Department of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000375:Aging / Q000473:pathology*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005128:Eye Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014792:Visual Acuity; D014822:Vitreous Body / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology