Hemolacria: Case report

Abstract Hemolacria is a very rare entity which literally means “bloody tears”. Conjunctivitis, capillary hemangioma, conjunctival telangiectasia, trauma, retrograde epistaxis and nasal and paranasal neoplasms may play a role in its etiology. In our case report, a 11-year-old female patient who pres...

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Published inInternational journal of pediatric otorhinolaryngology Vol. 77; no. 1; pp. 137 - 138
Main Authors Özcan, Kursat Murat, Özdaş, Talih, Baran, Hacer, Ozdogan, Fatih, Dere, Hüseyin
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Ireland Elsevier Ireland Ltd 01.01.2013
Subjects
Child
Epistaxis
Epistaxis - etiology
Female
Hemolacria
Hemorrhage - complications
Hemorrhage - diagnosis
Humans
Idiopathic
Lacrimal Apparatus - physiopathology
Monitoring, Physiologic - methods
Otolaryngology
Pediatrics
Rare Diseases
Tears - secretion
Epistaxis
Hemolacria
Idiopathic
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Summary:Abstract Hemolacria is a very rare entity which literally means “bloody tears”. Conjunctivitis, capillary hemangioma, conjunctival telangiectasia, trauma, retrograde epistaxis and nasal and paranasal neoplasms may play a role in its etiology. In our case report, a 11-year-old female patient who presented with the complaint of bilateral epistaxis accompanied by bloody tears that had been present for 2 years and whose endoscopic examination revealed hyperemia and increased vascularity in the nasal cavity mucosa was discussed together with a review of the literature.
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ISSN:0165-5876
1872-8464
DOI:10.1016/j.ijporl.2012.09.020