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