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==Complications== | ==Complications== | ||
Complications of eye melanoma may include: | |||
===Glaucoma=== | |||
A growing eye melanoma may cause glaucoma. Signs and symptoms of glaucoma may include eye pain and redness, as well as blurry vision. | |||
===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. | |||
Small eye melanomas can cause some vision loss if they occur in critical parts of the eye. You may have difficulty seeing in the center of your vision or on the side. Very advanced eye melanomas can cause complete vision loss. | |||
===Eye melanoma that spreads beyond the eye=== | |||
Eye melanoma can spread outside of the eye and to distant areas of the body, including the liver, lungs and bones. | |||
==Prognosis== | ==Prognosis== | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Simrat Sarai, M.D. [2]
Overview
Natural History
Complications
Complications of eye melanoma may include:
Glaucoma
A growing eye melanoma may cause glaucoma. Signs and symptoms of glaucoma may include eye pain and redness, as well as blurry vision.
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. Small eye melanomas can cause some vision loss if they occur in critical parts of the eye. You may have difficulty seeing in the center of your vision or on the side. Very advanced eye melanomas can cause complete vision loss.
Eye melanoma that spreads beyond the eye
Eye melanoma can spread outside of the eye and to distant areas of the body, including the liver, lungs and bones.