Color blindness and differentiating between choroidal melanoma and choroidal nevus
Source: Modern Retina, July 2024
A few studies have highlighted the differences between healthcare professionals with CVD and those with normal color vision.
An recent international study1 reported that color vision deficiency (CVD) may interfere with an eye care provider’s ability to differentiate between choroidal melanoma and choroidal nevus, according to Yacoub A. Yousef, MD, the first study author and an ocular oncologist in the Department of Surgery (Ophthalmology), King Hussein Cancer Center, Amman, Jordan.
Color blindness is not an uncommon phenomenon and reportedly 8% of males and 0.4% of females are affected; the incidence in males is higher because of the disorder’s X-linked recessive inheritance.2 Deuteranopia (red-green deficiency) is the most common form; however, total color blindness is rare.