title: 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 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.
authors.affiliation: Numune Education and Research Hospital, 2nd ENT Clinic, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Kursat Murat
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Ozcan
authors.forename: Talih
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ozdaş
authors.forename: Hacer
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Baran
authors.forename: Fatih
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ozdogan
authors.forename: Hüseyin
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Dere
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D004844:Epistaxis / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D007765:Lacrimal Apparatus / Q000503:physiopathology; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic / Q000379:methods; D035583:Rare Diseases; D013666:Tears / Q000378:metabolism*