What causes lesions on the eyeball?

Pterygium. A pterygium is a fleshy growth that resembles a film or tissue growing over the eye. It occurs when the conjunctiva invades the cornea, or the clear front window of the eye. This overgrowth of conjunctiva is what gives the lesion its unsightly appearance.

Why is there a spot on my sclera?

Also known as pigmented tumors, these spots or freckles are almost harmless. The most common of the eye tumors is Congenital nevi besides others like conjunctival melanoma and melanosis. Nevi is caused due pigmentation cells or over-growth of melanocytes.

What is a lesion in the eye?

Lesions are cellular growths that can appear on the eye or the eyelid in many different shapes and forms. Most often these growths are non-cancerous but can nonetheless lead to loss of vision, discomfort, and can be embarrassing.

What is a conjunctival lesion?

The conjunctival papilloma is an elevated lesion, that usually has a lighter pink appearance, but in adults it can be pigmented. Frequently, it can be a unilateral and a solitary lesion, and most often it begins near the corneal limbus, the bulbar conjunctiva or the caruncle.

How do you get rid of eye lesions?

In most cases, benign eyelid lesions require no treatment. However, the lesion can be surgically removed from the eyelid for cosmetic reasons, if it interferes with your vision, or if your doctor sees anything abnormal. Any lesion that is surgically removed will normally be sent for biopsy.

What is the brown spot on my sclera?

The brown lesion you see on the sclera (the white part of the eye) is called Primary Acquired Melanosis of the conjunctiva (PAM). This is a potentially dangerous melanocytic lesion that can lead to melanoma of the eye. Most patients have no symptoms, but may notice the cosmetic changes on the surface of the eye.

What does eye tumor look like?

Some signs of eye cancer are vision changes (things look blurry or you suddenly can’t see), floaters (seeing spots or squiggles), flashes of light, a growing dark spot on the iris, change in the size or shape of the pupil, and eye redness or swelling.

Can a lesion be removed?

Most lesion removal procedures are easily done in your doctor’s office or an outpatient medical office. You may need to see your primary care provider, a skin doctor (dermatologist), or a surgeon. Which procedure you have depends on the location, size, and type of lesion.

How do you treat a lesion?

If needed, benign skin lesions can get local treatment with topical medications, such as retinoids, corticosteroids, or antimicrobial agents, as well as laser therapy, cryotherapy, phototherapy, or surgical removal. If the skin lesion is caused by a systemic disease, treatment may also address the underlying cause.

How are conjunctival lesions treated?

The traditional treatment of CIN is excision with margins of 1mm to 5mm, depending on the extent and history of primary and recurrent lesions. Corneal involvement is debrided with a surgical blade, and cryotherapy is applied to the bed and conjunctival edges.

Is a lesion and a tumor the same thing?

A lesion describes any area of damaged tissue. All tumors are lesions, but not all lesions are tumors. Other brain lesions can be caused by stroke, injury, encephalitis and arteriovenous malformation.