is a nevus a freckle
What Is A Choroidal Nevus. A choroidal nevus is a flat, benign pigmented area that appears in the back of the eye and is basically an eye freckle. If your doctor refers to a lesion in your eye that needs to be tracked, she is most likely talking about a choroidal nevus. The accumulation of pigmented cells that makes up a nevus occurs in a very small percentage of the population. Estimates put occurence at 2%1,2,3 on the low end and 10%-13%4 on the high end. Wills Eye Hospital, which sees a vere large number of cases, states, Choroidal nevus is the most common intraocular tumor, occurring in about seven percent of adults.. Suffice it to say, approximately 1 in 10 people have these freckles.