... I just had a eye test, was told I have a freckle on my eye. ... (1 replies)
... First things first. You probably know that the Health Professionals at WebMD do not dispense medical advice or render clinical diagnoses. ... (20 replies)
... Like a raised freckle on the skin, a nevus can occur inside the eye. And, like a skin nevus, a choroidal freckle can become malignant, so should be closely monitored. ... (20 replies)
... The retina has one of the highest demands for oxygen per square millimeter of any tissue in the body. To satisfy this high demand for oxygen, the retina sits on top of a very vascular membrane known as the choroid. The choroid contains pigment cells. ... (20 replies)
... Hi, I have a freckle in the retina of my eye too. The doctor noticed it about 10yrs ago. It seems that this is a normal thing, however I have it checked every couple of years to make sure there are no changes. ... (2 replies)
... There are certain criteria by which we follow choroidal nevi to early detect their transformation into a melanoma. These include the thickness, their colour, any fluid under the eye, and if you are having any symptoms at all... ... (2 replies)
... think it's natural that you are worried since you haven't been given an explanation really yet. I'm in a similar situation. I have really bad eyesight, like off the charts, can't even see the largest letter on the board kind of eyesight. I do the optimap scan too where they take a picture of your eye. ... (2 replies)
... Sorry if this is long, but I am my mind is getting the better of me. So I went for my routine eye exam the other day and they asked if I wanted one of their newer test that can take a picture of the whole eye instead of dilating my pupils. ... (2 replies)
... This is quite common and is not usually a problem. The normal advice is to ask your eye doctor to look at it every year or so, just as you would with freckles on the surface of the skin. ... (1 replies)
... My wife has been told there is a freckle on the back of her eye. ... (1 replies)
... I have an eye freckle, behind eye on cornea, that the eye doctor was watching for the last few years. After the exam this month, he says he wants to do a dye test just to see how its doing. He says there is nothing wrong but I am still concerned. How did you make out. ... (2 replies)
... Hi...I missed 13yrs of eye exams...NOW I'm paying for it...My eye freckle "I prefer the term Freckle vs. tumor" is large and painful. I have been seen by so many people...and I fired all of them...and I don't regret it. My daughter spoke to a surgeon about me. ... (20 replies)
... My tumor is mottled in appearance, and when I saw a picture, it reminded me of pictures of cancerous moles. ... (20 replies)
... Oh, crap...... now I wish I had not checked back.... so far I had not heard from anyone that there freckle had actually turned. Now...there goes the mind again. I went back to my doc last week and she had done a fairly good job of calming me.... ... (20 replies)
... supported by the National Eye Institute of the National Institutes of Health, has documented equal success rates for plaque radiation therapy for preventing the spread of cancer. ... (20 replies)
... Wow. This is one of the BEST explanations of choroidal nevi I've ever read. Thank you! ... (20 replies)
... One in both eyes..... I am new here and worried.. I am a 53 year old female who had no eye problems until my mid forties..... then came dry eye... which I am attempting to deal with..... that and reading glasses.... now this... ... (20 replies)
... In November 2011, I experienced sudden change in field of vision. with my eyes open I see a large black spot just under the center vision and white flashing squiggly lines. when I look out my left eye its the black oval and the white lights appear to be in my right eye. ... (0 replies)
... Hello All! I'm nearing 40, had my first ever eye exam when it was discovered that I have a lesion on my retina. ... (0 replies)
... Hello, my mother died of choroidal melanoma at the age of 65. She was diagnosed when the tumor grew large enough to detach the retina. I went with her to all of her treatments at the Casey Eye Center, Portland Oregon. She joined a study group and was given plaque radiation as her treatment. ... (2 replies)
