RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Rare case of red tears: ocular vicarious menstruation
JF BMJ Case Reports
JO BMJ Case Reports
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd
SP e237294
DO 10.1136/bcr-2020-237294
VO 14
IS 3
A1 Soumitra Ghosh
A1 Sudheer Tale
A1 Neha Handa
A1 Ashish Bhalla
YR 2021
UL http://casereports.bmj.com/content/14/3/e237294.abstract
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.