What does it mean when you take a pic and one eye has red-eye, yet the other is milky white in the pupil area?

Question

In pictures, my child has one red-eye pupil and one that is a milky white color. I have read from other sources that that can mean a possible brain tumor....

Answer 1

There has been info about this in the media.... I don't know if it's a brain tumor, but it would definitely be worth checking out with your doctor.

"The normal appearance of the pupil of the human eye is black. In flash photographs the pupil may appear red. This is known to photographers as redeye and to physicians as the red reflex -- it is entirely normal.

On occasion, the pupil of the eye may appear white. This is never a normal condition and requires immediate evaluation by trained specialists (ophthalmologists, "eye doctors," not optometrists who can only prescribe lenses or glasses).

There are many different causes for white pupil, which are described below. Other conditions can also mimic white pupil. For example a cloudy cornea (usually, the clear part of the eye) may produce an appearance similar to a white pupil.

The causes of a cloudy or white cornea are different from those of a white pupil, but are also significant and require immediate attention. Cataracts may also cause the pupil to appear white."

http://www.umm.edu/ency/article/003315.htm

Answer 2

both eyes do not point in the same direction