Uveal melanoma is a rare and aggressive form of ocular melanoma found in the middle layer of the eye called the uvea. Uveal melanoma is clinically and biologically different to skin melanoma.
Around 200 Australians are diagnosed with uveal melanoma each year.
A person with uveal melanoma may be asymptomatic or it may be picked up incidentally during a routine eye exam. Symptoms may include:
- Visual changes – blurred vision, flashing lights, loss of peripheral vision, floaters and/or specks
- Redness of the eye
- Eye pain
- Brown or dark patches on the white of the eye
- Change in the colour of the iris
- Changes in the shape or size of the pupil