Eye tumors are usually secondary tumors. These are of different types such as melanoma, primary intraocular lymphoma and retinoblastoma. This article gives information about eye tumors symptoms and treatment.
Eye tumors Symptoms
The following are the symptoms which include:
- Melanomas: Melanoma is one of the eye tumor. Actually eye tumor consists three families including orbita, metastasis and adneksa. Melanoma is included in the adneksa family. Basalioma, carcinoma cell squamosa and adenocarsinoma are also included in the adneksa tumor family.
In the early stages, symptoms may not appear. But, as the cancer/tumor grows, some symptoms can be decreased vision, blurred vision, eventual vision loss, double vision. If these symptoms continue to grow the tumor can cause retinal detachment. Often sometimes, the tumor can be seen through the pupil.
- Conjunctival and Iris tumors: Appear as a dark spot. If any spot continues to develop on the conjunctiva and the iris, it should be checked out.
- Nevus: Regular check up should be done in order to ensure that nevus is not turned to a melanoma.
- Retinoblastoma: Strabismus, a yellowish or whitish glow through the pupil, loss or decreased vision, often the eye may be painful and red. This tumor can develop in one eye or both the eyes. Retinoblastoma occurs in young children and babies.
Eye Tumors Treatment
- Plaque therapy
- Laser therapy
- Radio therapy
- Chemotherapy
- Evisceration: Eye contents removal, leaving the white part or the sclera of the eye.
- Eye Enucleation: Eye removal, but the eyelids and the muscles are left intact.
- Iridectomy: Affected part of the iris is removed.
- Choroidectomy: Choroid layer is removed (the sandwich between the retina and the sclera).
- Iridocyclectomy: The ciliary body muscle plus the iris is removed.
- Eyewall resection: This involves removal of a tumor by making a cut in the eye. This surgery can be difficult to perform.
