Doctors explain eye cancer symptoms and treatment. Woman who had a freckle in the back of her eye was diagnosed with ocular melanoma. Doctors explain eye cancer symptoms and treatment.

Doctor noticed freckles in woman's eye. It was sign of rare ocular melanoma where nevi, moles or freckles, turn into melanoma. An annual eye exam uncovered the spots in Marilyn Hillman's eyes.

Doctor noticed freckles in woman's eye. It was sign of rare ocular melanoma where nevi, moles or freckles, turn into melanoma.

If you had more than three freckles, your risk of melanoma increased 45 percent. "And the risk was greatest for the people under the age of 40," said Dr. Horvath.

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Debbie Hensley's ocular melanoma was caused by a freckle in the back of her eye, that turned into a tumor. To stream WBIR on your phone, you need the WBIR app. Download the WBIR app ...

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“Only 1 in 8,000 people with freckles in the back of the eye undergo additional mutations that would then cause a melanoma.” Hensley was one of those rare cases.

Doctor noticed freckles in woman's eye. It was sign of rare ocular melanoma where nevi, moles or freckles, turn into melanoma. She had 'freckles' in her eyes but never noticed them.