Eye cancer is mainly of two types. One it comes in children and the other in elderly person. In children the main one is called as retinoblastoma and in adults it is called as melanoma. One of the most important symptom the patient can have is there is some kind of a haze or the lines that are looking straight will become curved and there will be flashes of light. There will be floaters in your vision. Slowly one part of the vision will be obscured as the cancer keeps growing. Pain of cancer will come at a much much later stage when this cancer has progressed to other parts of the eye. In children we se cancer it is very difficult because a child is not going to come and tell any symptom but what a parents notices is inside the pupil of the eye you are seeing a white reflex. There are two or three conditions where there is a white reflex. One condition is a retinoblastoma. Second and third will be cataract and retina detachment, this can also be seen in premature babies but in cancer usually we will se about the age of 1 or years of age. Cancer of the eye and two conditions, this is how we can identify them.

Dr. Matheson Harris, eyelid and facial plastic surgeon in Salt Lake City, Utah, discusses skin cancers of the eyelids, including basal cell, squamous cell, sebaceous cell and melanoma.

Barbara Renda goes to the dermatologist religiously for skin checks, because she’s susceptible for skin cancer. For a year and a half doctors told her a dry patch over her eye was simply that. But this summer a biopsy showed it was cancer. Even though it showed up as a basil cell carcinoma on the surface, the cancer had actually grown inside her skin where it couldn’t be detected. It grew so large it was starting to take over her eyelid on her only functioning eye. (her other eye is a glass eye, she lost vision in that eye from a retinal detachment).

Doctors told her it was possible she would lose her vision as a result. The 77 year old who is heavily involved in her grandchildren’s lives, taking them ice skating, sporting events, etc. was devastated.

When doctors removed the cancer, it essentially left a large hole above her eye roughly the size of a baseball. Harsha Reddy, MD, Oculoplastic Surgeon at New York Eye and Ear Infirmary had to do a complicated reconstruction on her eye lid, and try to save her eye and vision. The procedure was successful, and her surgeon calls her recovery miraculous. She is now able to see out of that eye and is so emotional about her progress.

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Signs and Symptoms of Eye Cancer

Eye cancer or ocular cancer refers to any tumour that affects the cells inside the eyeball and other structures surrounding it. Dr. Priyanka. V. Walvekar, Oculoplasty Consultant at Narayana Nethralaya, talks about the signs and symptoms of eye cancer that can occur in and around the eyes. If you experience any abnormalities in your eyes or vision, consult an eye doctor at the earliest. When it comes to Eye Cancer, early detection and prompt treatment can not only save the eye and vision of the person affected but their life as well.