Symptoms of retinoblastoma
The signs or symptoms of retinoblastoma include:
- a white reflection or glare in a child’s pupil when exposed to light, such as in a photograph taken with a flash (called leukocoria or cat’s eye reflex)
- eyes that are crossed or do not appear to look in the same direction (called strabismus)
- redness and inflammation of the white part of the eye
- blurred vision
- eye pain
- squinting
- an enlarged eyeball
- bulging of the eye out of the eye socket (called proptosis)
- 2 different coloured irises (called heterochromia)
- increased pressure in the eye (called glaucoma) that can lead to blindness