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