Symptoms

People with intraocular melanoma often have no symptoms. Many times, an ophthalmologist finds the melanoma during a routine eye examination. The most common symptom is painless loss of vision. Unlike choroidal and ciliary body melanoma, iris melanoma can sometimes be seen because it looks like dark spots on the eye.

People with eye cancer may experience the following symptoms. Sometimes people with eye cancer do not show any of these symptoms. Or, these symptoms may be caused by a medical condition that is not cancer. If you are concerned about a symptom on this list, please talk with your doctor.

• Having trouble seeing
  
  
• Losing part of the field of vision
  
  
• Seeing flashes of light
  
  
• Seeing spots, squiggly lines, or floating objects (floaters)
  
  
• Having a dark spot on the iris