Boys routine eye exams reveals golf ball-sized brain tumor [Video]

By Elizabeth Hunter via SWNS

A five-year-old lost an eye after a routine test found a “golf ball-sized” tumor.

Riley Thompson was diagnosed with an optic nerve glioma after a routine preschool eye test revealed a golf-ball-sized cancerous tumor pressing against his eye.

The diagnosis came in February, with an emergency surgery taking place in May to remove the tumor.

Due to the tumor’s size and positioning, surgeons were forced to remove his eye – but Riley from Renfrewshire in Scotland is recovering well and is tumor-free.

Mom Nicole, said: “I noticed a regular squint which led to Riley’s eyes getting checked out by an optometrist at pre-school, then by a series of doctors at the Royal Hospital for Children in Glasgow.

”Although I’m a nurse, I had no idea he was blind in his right eye, let alone that it was due to something more dangerous.

“I see him every day, so I didn’t …