TY - JOUR T1 - Rare case of red tears: ocular vicarious menstruation JF - BMJ Case Reports JO - BMJ Case Reports DO - 10.1136/bcr-2020-237294 VL - 14 IS - 3 SP - e237294 AU - Soumitra Ghosh AU - Sudheer Tale AU - Neha Handa AU - Ashish Bhalla Y1 - 2021/03/01 UR - http://casereports.bmj.com/content/14/3/e237294.abstract N2 - Bloody tears or haemolacria is a rare clinical entity. It is caused by various ocular and systemic conditions. Haemolacria due to vicarious menstruation is even rarer. In this article, we presented a case of cyclical episodes of bloody tears coinciding with menstrual cycle in a 25-year-old married female patient. Extensive physical, ophthalmological and radiological evaluation failed to reveal other potential causes of her complaint. A diagnosis of ocular vicarious menstruation was made and she was treated with oral contraceptive pills. No such episode recurred during 3 months follow-up period. ER -