PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Soumitra Ghosh
AU  - Sudheer Tale
AU  - Neha Handa
AU  - Ashish Bhalla
TI  - Rare case of red tears: ocular vicarious menstruation
AID  - 10.1136/bcr-2020-237294
DP  - 2021 Mar 01
TA  - BMJ Case Reports
PG  - e237294
VI  - 14
IP  - 3
4099  - http://casereports.bmj.com/content/14/3/e237294.short
4100  - http://casereports.bmj.com/content/14/3/e237294.full
SO  - BMJ Case Reports2021 Mar 01; 14
AB  - 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.