cancer

Ocular melanoma

Uveal melanoma is a type of eye cancer in the uvea of the eye. It is traditionally classed as originating in the iris, choroid, and ciliary body, but can also be divided into class I and class II. Symptoms include blurred vision, loss of vision, and photopsia, but there may be no symptoms.

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Symptoms — what it feels like

·A sensation of flashes or specks of dust (floaters); growing dark spot on the iris; change in the shape of the pupil; poor or blurry vision in one eye; loss of vision in one eye.

How it's found

· examination by biomicroscopy and indirect ophthalmoscopy

Prevention

·Reduce UV exposure to the eye.

Treatment

·Brachytherapy, enucleation, proton beam radiotherapy, transpupillary thermotherapy, photocoagulation, photodynamic therapy, and local resection.

Complications

· detachment

Outlook

·>50% spread, mostly to the liver

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Plain-language summary adapted from Wikipedia. Not medical advice.