Eye Cancer (Eye Melanoma): Symptoms, Causes, Diagnosis and Treatment.

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Symptoms Causes Diagnosis Treatment

• Eye Cancer (Eye Melanoma)

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Introduction to Eye Cancer

• Melanoma is a cancer form which grows in the
  cells that make melanin- the pigment that gives
  your skin its color. Though melanoma typically
  affects the skin, it can also spread to the eye.
  Eye melanoma is also known as ocular
  melanoma. Melanoma is the most common type of eye
  tumor in adults however, melanoma of the eye
  alone is rare.Eye melanoma is difficult to
  identify because it forms in the part of the eye
  you can't see when looking in a mirror. Moreover,
  this type of cancer typically doesn't cause early
  signs or symptoms. 

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Symptoms of Eye Cancer

• Eye melanoma may not show signs and symptoms at
  the beginning. But when they appear, they may
  include 
• A growing dark spot on the iris
• A sensation of flashing lights
• A change in the shape of the dark circle (pupil)
  at the center of your eye
• Poor or blurry vision in one eye
• Loss of peripheral vision
• Sensation of flashes and specs of dust in your
  vision (floaters)
• Bulging eyes

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Causes of Eye Cancer

• It's not clear what causes eye melanoma, also
  called ocular melanoma. Doctors know that eye
  melanoma occurs when errors develop in the DNA of
  healthy eye cells. The DNA errors tell the cells
  to grow and multiply out of control, so the
  mutated cells go on living when they would
  normally die. The mutated cells accumulate in the
  eye and form an eye melanoma.

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Diagnosis of Eye Cancer

• Eye examination Your eye doctor will examine the
  outside of your eye looking for enlarged blood
  vessels that can specify a tumor inside your eye.
  With the help of instruments, he/she will look
  inside your eye.
• Eye ultrasound An eye ultrasound uses
  high-frequency sound waves from a transducer to
  produce images of your eye.
• Angiogram It is a procedure where a colored dye
  is injected into a vein in your arm. The dye
  travels to the blood vessels in your eye. A
  camera with special filters to detect the dye
  takes pictures every few seconds.
• Removing a sample of suspicious tissue for
  testing In some cases, your eye doctor may
  propose a procedure to remove a sample of tissue
  (biopsy) from your eye.

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Treatment of Eye Cancer

• Treatment for malignant melanoma of the eye will
  depend on the specific type of tumor that you
  have. If the tumor is small and is not growing
  rapidly, your eye specialist may not recommend
  treatment. However, he/she will keep an eye on
  the growth of the tumor. If your tumor is large
  or has the potential to spread, your doctor may
  recommend more belligerent treatment. There are
  several options
• Surgery to remove the eye
• Radiation therapy to kill the cancer cells inside
  the eye
• Laser therapy
• Extreme cold may be used to destroy melanoma
  cells in some small eye melanomas

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Preventions of Eye Cancer

• We know there is a link between sunlight and
  melanomas of the skin, and there are things you
  can do that might reduce your risk of these
  cancers, including limiting your exposure to
  intense sunlight, covering up with protective
  hats and clothing, and using sunscreen. Wearing
  UV-protected sunglasses when outside in strong
  sunlight. Wrap-around sunglasses with 99 to 100
  UVA and UVB absorption provide the best
  protection for the eyes and the surrounding skin.
  This might help reduce the risk of developing
  cancers of the skin around the eyes. The link
  between sunlight and eye melanomas is not proven,
  but some doctors think that sunglasses might also
  reduce eye melanoma risk.

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Complications of Eye Cancer

• Vision loss. Large eye melanomas often cause
  vision loss in the affected eye and can cause
  complications, such as retinal detachment, that
  also cause vision loss.
• Increasing pressure within the eye (glaucoma)
• Eye melanoma that spreads beyond the eye.

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Risk Factors of Eye Cancer

• Light eye color. People with blue eyes or green
  eyes have a greater risk of melanoma of the eye.
• Being white. White people have a greater risk of
  eye melanoma than do people of other races.
• Increasing age. The risk of eye melanoma
  increases with age.
• Certain inherited skin disorders. A condition
  called dysplastic nevus syndrome, which causes
  abnormal moles, may increase your risk of
  developing melanoma on your skin and in your
• Exposure to ultraviolet (UV) light. There's some
  evidence that exposure to UV light, such as light
  from the sun or from tanning beds, may increase
  the risk of eye melanoma.

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