Eye melanoma

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Symptoms

By Mayo Clinic staff

You may experience no symptoms at all for melanoma of the eye. On the other hand, eye melanomas may cause light flashes, blurring or a dark spot in your vision.

Signs and symptoms to watch for include:

  • A growing dark spot on the iris
  • A sensation of flashing lights
  • Poor or blurry vision in one eye
  • Loss of side (peripheral) vision in the affected eye
  • Floaters — spots or squiggles drifting in your field of vision

A displacement of your eye within the eye socket

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June 7, 2008

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