grey patch on eye

[atusasaeidy30]

I have a grey dark mark on my sclera ,kind of like a discoloration on both eyes above my iris. you could only see it if I lift up my eye lids. it goes around the iris on my left eye, but is smaller on my right eye. It doesnt hurt or cause me any discomfort , and Ive only recently found out about this. but it couldve always been there since its under my eyelid .. I'm wondering what this... it concerns me. could it be cancer?

[John C Hagan III, MD, FACS, FAAO]

You understand that we cannot and do not diagnose over the internet or at MedHelp. However that picture does not look remotely like melanosis so I would stop worrying and keep your appointment with the Eye MD in 8 weeks.

JCH MD

[atusasaeidy30]

Thankyou for your information. I cant get an appointment with my opthalmolgist for another 2 months , so I just did a little more research and found that my condition looks like what is called "scleral melanosis". I am not too sure about this but the pictures I saw looked simillar to what i have in my eyes so it could be a possibility. I also read that scleral melanosis could potentially lead to melanoma and glaucoma in later years? so if I were to have have melanosis, would i be getting melanoma or glaucoma in my life later?

[John C Hagan III, MD, FACS, FAAO]

No cancer does not look like that. I would suggest you see an eye MD ophthalmolgist for a complete exam but it almost always is normal thinning of the cornea which allows the blue choroid under the sclera to show through. More common in myopic folks. It does not look like "blue sclera" which is a pathological condition often associated with certain systemic disease. In that location its not going to be anything people notice.

JCH MD