Hemolacria or bloody tears in presumed lacrimal endometriosis: a case report / Hemolacria o lágrimas hemáticas en sospecha de endometriosis lacrimal: reporte de un caso

Background: Hemolacria or the presence of blood in tears is a rare condition, and there are only a few cases reported in the literature. Hemolacria is associated with multiple underlying diseases, including vicarious menstruation due to extragenital endometriosis. Case report: We present a 26-year-old woman with hemolacria and abdominal pain related to her menstrual cycle. The patient was diagnosed with bilateral ovarian endometriomas. After ruling out other possible causes of hemolacria, a progestin-only treatment was applied, with improvement of the abdominal pain and complete remission of hemolacria. Conclusions: When faced with hemolacria, a thorough anamnesis and physical examination must be performed, sometimes involving more than one specialist to reach a diagnosis. Considering hemolacria is a sign of a subjacent pathology, its treatment should be specific one for the disease in each case.

Antecedentes: La hemolacria o presencia de sangre en las lágrimas es una afección poco frecuente y sólo hay unos pocos casos descritos en la literatura. La hemolacria se asocia a múltiples enfermedades subyacentes, incluida la menstruación vicaria debida a endometriosis extragenital. Caso clínico: Presentamos a una mujer de 26 años con hemolacria y dolor abdominal relacionado con su ciclo menstrual. La paciente fue diagnosticada de endometriomas ováricos bilaterales. Tras descartar otras posibles causas de hemolacria, se aplicó un tratamiento sólo con progestágenos, con mejoría del dolor abdominal y remisión completa de la hemolacria. Conclusiones: Ante una hemolacria se debe realizar una anamnesis y exploración física minuciosa, en la que a veces interviene más de un especialista para llegar al diagnóstico. Teniendo en cuenta que la hemolacria es signo de una patología subyacente, su tratamiento debe ser el específico para la enfermedad en cada caso.

Hemolacria secondary to major depressive disorder and generalized anxiety disorder: A case report.

Key Clinical Message: Hemolacria can occur on the basis of a psychiatric disorder without an organic cause. However, this should be a diagnosis of exclusion. Treatment of the underlying psychiatric illness may relieve this condition. Abstract: A 24-year-old man presented with the chief complaint of bloody tears, which began 4 months earlier after commencing mandatory military service. He had no underlying diseases, and all work-ups returned normal, though a microscopic examination confirmed red blood cells. He was diagnosed with hemolacria secondary to generalized anxiety disorder and major depressive disorder, responding to propranolol and sertraline. Hemolacria was totally cured after 6 months of treating the underlying psychiatric illness.

A rare complication of hemolacria after Le fort I osteotomy: a case presentation.

BACKGROUND: Nasolacrimal duct obstruction (NDO) is a common pathology preventing the proper drainage of the tears, and its main symptom is epiphora. Secondary acquired nasolacrimal duct obstruction (SANDO) can be due to a variety of causes including infection, trauma, or neoplasms. It has been reported to occur with different forms of maxillofacial trauma, especially Le Fort II, Le Fort III, naso-orbital-ethmoidal, and orbital floor fractures. CASE PRESENTATION: A 20-year-old Egyptian female presented to correct a facial disharmony due to a cleft lip and palate defect. The patient reported a history of congenital NDO and had deficient lateral nasal walls. Bimaxillary surgery was planned, including a Le Fort I osteotomy for the maxilla and bilateral sagittal split osteotomy for the mandible. The surgery was uneventful, but the patient complained from bloody tears or hemolacria few days postoperatively. This complication began to cease spontaneously after 2 days and completely recovered after 4 days. CONCLUSION: Hemolacria is an infrequent finding after maxillofacial surgeries and may be associated with CLP surgeries more than other surgeries. In this case, it was easily managed, and surgeons should be more aware of it to try to prevent its occurrence.

Hematohidrosis, Hemolacria, and "Trichorrhage": A Systematic Review.

Introduction: Hematohidrosis and hemolacria are 2 conditions surrounded in religiousness, mysticism, and supernatural superstitions. While the mechanism is still unclear, these cases have amazed physicians for centuries. Methods: We performed a systematic review in PubMed from 2000 to mid-2021 accounting for 75 studies from which we included 60 cases in 53 articles which were described. Results: The median age of apparition was 24 years with the youngest case being 12 and the oldest 81. Some of the diseases were secondary to other causes such as hemangiomas and other neoplasias or epistaxis episodes. Most of the cases have been reported in India and the USA; most of them correspond to hemolacria alone (51.6%). Discussion: We have stated the basics of the substances involved in the coagulation process that have been described as genetically altered in some patients such as mucins, metalloproteinases, and fibrinogen, as well as propose a mechanism that can explain the signs of this particular entity and approach to its treatment as well as provide the first trichoscopy image of a patient with hemolacria.

A healthy young girl crying out blood: A case report.

BACKGROUND: Hemolacria is a rare condition that is characterized by the presence of blood in tears. It is a rare condition due to which insufficient literature and resources are present. Therefore, its prevalence and predilection for a specific gender, race or age remain uncertain. Hemolacria is one of the most alarming symptoms in ophthalmology, associated with multiple underlying etiologies and diseases. CASE REPORT: We report an unusual case of a 12-year-old female patient who experienced episodic bilateral bloody tears for 3 days, which was associated with epistaxis. The patient's condition was thoroughly evaluated, and all investigations were unremarkable. The patient was then referred to an ophthalmologist for evaluation, and a slit-lamp examination was also unremarkable. After performing all necessary investigations and taking various causes of hemolacria into account, the child was diagnosed as having idiopathic hemolacria. The patient and parent were appropriately counseled regarding the disease, and thereafter, the patient is being followed-up by an ophthalmologist. The reports of the follow-up performed after a month from presentation stated that the patient was progressing favorably, and the bloody tears were resolved spontaneously.

Epistaxis Complicated by Hemolacria: A Case Report.

Hemolacria is a rare complication of epistaxis treated with nasal compression or tamponade. We report the case of a man, aged 81 years, with end-stage renal disease who developed hemolacria after insertion of a "Rhino Rocket" nasal tamponade device to treat persistent epistaxis. The hemolacria resolved after treatment with intranasal oxymetazoline. In the setting of epistaxis with nasal tamponade, hemolacria is thought to be caused by retrograde flow from the inferior nasal turbinates via an anatomic connection with the lacrimal system, with passage through the valves of Hasner and Rosenmüller to the lacrimal ducts. Hemolacria is very rare even in severe cases of epistaxis; we postulate that only patients with either congenital absence or acquired incompetence of the lacrimal valves are predisposed to hemolacria after treatment of epistaxis with a tamponade device. Physicians should be aware that hemolacria in the setting of epistaxis is usually a self-limited condition that can be treated with conservative measures to control nasal hemorrhage.

Síndrome de Gardner-Diamond. Presentación de un caso / Gardner-Diamond syndrome: A case report

RESUMEN El sindrome de Gardner- Diamond conocido también como púrpura psicógena o síndrome de autosensibilización eritrocitaria es muy poco frecuente. Se presenta el caso de un hombre de 50 años, blanco, ingresado en el Servicio de Medicina Interna del Hospital Clínico Quirúrgico Docente "Faustino Pérez Hernández" por síndrome febril agudo, cefalea holocraneana, epistaxis y hemolacria. En el examen físico realizado se notó la salida de lágrimas con sangre, por el ángulo interno de ambos ojos y epistaxis. La inyección intradérmica en la cara dorsal del muslo izquierdo de 0,1 mL de sangre autóloga, no indujo reacción equimótica. La inyección de 0,1 mL de solución salina al 0,9 % como control en el muslo contralateral resultó negativa. Sobre la base del examen clínico y otras pruebas, se concluyó como un Síndrome de Gardner-Diamond. Esta infrecuente enfermedad debe ser considerada en el diagnóstico diferencial de un síndrome purpúrico de etiología no bien precisada, fundamentalmente en pacientes con problemas psiquiátricos (AU).

ABSTRACT The Gardner-Diamond syndrome, also known as psychogenetic purpura or erythrocyte autosensitization syndrome is very few frequent. The case of a white patient aged 50 years is presented. He entered the Service of Internal Medicine of the Teaching Clinic-surgical Hospital "Faustino Pérez Hernández" because of an acute fever syndrome, holocraneal headache, epistaxis and haemolacria. At the physical examination it was stated the flow of tears with blood, through the internal angle of both eyes and epistaxis. The intradermal injection of 0.1 ml of autologous blood in the left thigh dorsal side did not induce an ecchymotic reaction. The injection of 0.1 ml of 0.9 % saline solution as control in the contralateral side was negative. On the basis of the clinical examination and other tests, the authors arrived to the conclusion it is a Gardner-Diamond syndrome. This infrequent disease should be considered in the differential diagnosis of a purpuric syndrome of non-good précised etiology, mainly in patients with psychiatric problems (AU).

Síndrome de Gardner-Diamond. Presentación de un caso / Gardner-Diamond syndrome: A case report

RESUMEN El sindrome de Gardner- Diamond conocido también como púrpura psicógena o síndrome de autosensibilización eritrocitaria es muy poco frecuente. Se presenta el caso de un hombre de 50 años, blanco, ingresado en el Servicio de Medicina Interna del Hospital Clínico Quirúrgico Docente "Faustino Pérez Hernández" por síndrome febril agudo, cefalea holocraneana, epistaxis y hemolacria. En el examen físico realizado se notó la salida de lágrimas con sangre, por el ángulo interno de ambos ojos y epistaxis. La inyección intradérmica en la cara dorsal del muslo izquierdo de 0,1 mL de sangre autóloga, no indujo reacción equimótica. La inyección de 0,1 mL de solución salina al 0,9 % como control en el muslo contralateral resultó negativa. Sobre la base del examen clínico y otras pruebas, se concluyó como un Síndrome de Gardner-Diamond. Esta infrecuente enfermedad debe ser considerada en el diagnóstico diferencial de un síndrome purpúrico de etiología no bien precisada, fundamentalmente en pacientes con problemas psiquiátricos.

ABSTRACT The Gardner-Diamond syndrome, also known as psychogenetic purpura or erythrocyte autosensitization syndrome is very few frequent. The case of a white patient aged 50 years is presented. He entered the Service of Internal Medicine of the Teaching Clinic-surgical Hospital "Faustino Pérez Hernández" because of an acute fever syndrome, holocraneal headache, epistaxis and haemolacria. At the physical examination it was stated the flow of tears with blood, through the internal angle of both eyes and epistaxis. The intradermal injection of 0.1 ml of autologous blood in the left thigh dorsal side did not induce an ecchymotic reaction. The injection of 0.1 ml of 0.9 % saline solution as control in the contralateral side was negative. On the basis of the clinical examination and other tests, the authors arrived to the conclusion it is a Gardner-Diamond syndrome. This infrequent disease should be considered in the differential diagnosis of a purpuric syndrome of non-good précised etiology, mainly in patients with psychiatric problems.

Un caso pediátrico de hemolacria / A pediatric case of haemolacria

Introducción: la presencia de lágrimas con sangre -o hemolacria- es un hecho infrecuente en la práctica clínica, y ha sido denominada con distintas acepciones en la literatura médica. Las causas que originan este signo son múltiples, y comprenden desde trastornos locales en el globo ocular, hasta enfermedades sistémicas, además de las provocadas en forma artificial y en otras. En ocasiones su etiología no se ha podido demostrar. Presentación del caso: adolescente, mestiza, de 16 años de edad que fue remitida al Hospital Docente Pediátrico del Cerro por el policlínico de su área de salud, porque presentó lágrimas con sangre con epistaxis acompañada de cefaleas y calambres en extremidades inferiores, además de referir un síndrome de inmunodeficiencia adquirida desde los 13 años. Durante su estadía hospitalaria se constató en dos ocasiones hemolacria con epistaxis. Los exámenes complementarios realizados para diagnosticar algún trastorno de la coagulación, enfermedad local o sistémica no transmisible, resultaron normales. Se indicó tratamiento con antirretrovirales para su afección de base. Se explicó la posible fisiopatología de este fenómeno. Conclusiones: la causa de esta entidad en la presente comunicación queda por precisar, y es el primer caso pediátrico reportado en Cuba(AU)

Introduction: the presence of tears with blood -or haemolacria- is an uncommon event in clinical practice which has been defined in several different manners in medical literature. The causes giving rise to this sign are many, ranging from local disorders in the eyeball to systemic diseases, alongside those brought about by artificial agents and others. On occasion it has not been possible to determine its etiology. Case presentation: a mulatto 16-year-old female adolescent was referred by the polyclinic in her health area to the Pediatric University Hospital in the municipality of Cerro with bloody tears and epistaxis accompanied by headaches and cramp in her lower limbs. The patient stated she had suffered from an acquired immunodeficiency syndrome since the age of 13. During her stay in hospital two episodes of haemolacria with epistaxis could be observed. The complementary tests performed to diagnose some other coagulation disorder, local condition or non-communicable systemic disease were all normal. Treatment with antiretrovirals was indicated for her underlying disease. The possible physiopathology of the phenomenon was explained. Conclusions: the cause of the condition discussed in the present communication is still to be determined. This is the first pediatric case of haemolacria reported in Cuba(AU)

Un caso pediátrico de hemolacria / A pediatric case of haemolacria

Introducción: la presencia de lágrimas con sangre -o hemolacria- es un hecho infrecuente en la práctica clínica, y ha sido denominada con distintas acepciones en la literatura médica. Las causas que originan este signo son múltiples, y comprenden desde trastornos locales en el globo ocular, hasta enfermedades sistémicas, además de las provocadas en forma artificial y en otras. En ocasiones su etiología no se ha podido demostrar. Presentación del caso: adolescente, mestiza, de 16 años de edad que fue remitida al Hospital Docente Pediátrico del Cerro por el policlínico de su área de salud, porque presentó lágrimas con sangre con epistaxis acompañada de cefaleas y calambres en extremidades inferiores, además de referir un síndrome de inmunodeficiencia adquirida desde los 13 años. Durante su estadía hospitalaria se constató en dos ocasiones hemolacria con epistaxis. Los exámenes complementarios realizados para diagnosticar algún trastorno de la coagulación, enfermedad local o sistémica no transmisible, resultaron normales. Se indicó tratamiento con antirretrovirales para su afección de base. Se explicó la posible fisiopatología de este fenómeno. Conclusiones: la causa de esta entidad en la presente comunicación queda por precisar, y es el primer caso pediátrico reportado en Cuba(AU)

Introduction: the presence of tears with blood -or haemolacria- is an uncommon event in clinical practice which has been defined in several different manners in medical literature. The causes giving rise to this sign are many, ranging from local disorders in the eyeball to systemic diseases, alongside those brought about by artificial agents and others. On occasion it has not been possible to determine its etiology. Case presentation: a mulatto 16-year-old female adolescent was referred by the polyclinic in her health area to the Pediatric University Hospital in the municipality of Cerro with bloody tears and epistaxis accompanied by headaches and cramp in her lower limbs. The patient stated she had suffered from an acquired immunodeficiency syndrome since the age of 13. During her stay in hospital two episodes of haemolacria with epistaxis could be observed. The complementary tests performed to diagnose some other coagulation disorder, local condition or non-communicable systemic disease were all normal. Treatment with antiretrovirals was indicated for her underlying disease. The possible physiopathology of the phenomenon was explained. Conclusions: the cause of the condition discussed in the present communication is still to be determined. This is the first pediatric case of haemolacria reported in Cuba(AU)