can a person have eye melanoma for 7 years and not know it?

Question

i took a test 7 years ago that showed a block in my vision. i took the same test last week and the resaults were the same. my eye doc was worried it could be melanoma, but after seven years?

Answer 1

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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.

What to watch for

A change in the color of the iris

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 red and painful eye

Answer 2

If you have had it for a looong time and it hasn't grown, its probably not melanoma. Elevation just means it's not only pigment thats different. It is probably just a mole.

Answer 3

sometimes a mole (or whatever analogous thing you had in your eye) can turn into a melanoma, but <10% of melanomas grow out of an existing mole.

Answer 4

yes I believe so

Answer 5

sounds kind of strange.