[Faline]

You can clearly see the attachment of the tumour to the retinal tissue - in other cancers that originate in the eye, the retina is almost always left untouched. Retinoblastomas are known for growing along the optical pathways and into the brain.

Make sure you get eye tests often

[Catsratz]

Life scares me to death. Some time ago, while having eye pain, I thought, at least you can't get cancer of the eyeballs! Wrong!

While feeling fine, I developed a very painful eye, and looked in the mirror to see I had something hard the size of a small half-pea under the eyelid. Saw a doc soon after and she said, "It might get bigger, it might stay the same, and it might go away." Thank ya too much, doc!

A week or so later I felt a small bit of liquid draining from my eye slowly. That was in 1989 and no problems since.

[Faline]

Originally Posted by Catsratz ↗

Life scares me to death. Some time ago, while having eye pain, I thought, at least you can't get cancer of the eyeballs! Wrong!

While feeling fine, I developed a very painful eye, and looked in the mirror to see I had something hard the size of a small half-pea under the eyelid. Saw a doc soon after and she said, "It might get bigger, it might stay the same, and it might go away." Thank ya too much, doc!

A week or so later I felt a small bit of liquid draining from my eye slowly. That was in 1989 and no problems since.

Did you not find out what it was?

[Catsratz]

Originally Posted by Kelly ↗

Did you not find out what it was?

No, Kelly, I never did. Vision is quite good and all else fine after so many years. Have wondered.

[Sebring]

Catsratz, I bet it was a stye. They're little abscesses that develop in the upper or lower eyelid and they usually drain by themselves.

[Sebring]

Some people don't even know the tumor is there until they notice one of the eyes are glowing in a photo.

I would post a picture but I'm on my phone and its being pissy today. So much for smartphones. Kelly maybe you can find one?

[Sharon]

Cancer of the eye and tumour growing along the optic nerve? That is terrifying

[Spiffyfable]

Now that could give me the willies

[Wikan]

Retinoblastoma is a childhood tumor, so you can relax. If a child has a white pupil, strabismus and itchy eyes, be sure to get him/her checked out by an ophtalmologist.

What the rest of you should worry about is melanoma of the eye, that's a different more horrifying story.

[GlassToTheArson]

Damn! It grows right back into the brain!