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Indian Journal of Trauma and Emergency Pediatrics (Formerly Indian Journal of Emergency Pediatrics)

Volume  15, Issue 4, October – December 2023, Pages 117-120
 

Case Report

Apparent Haemolacria: A Case of Munchausen’s Syndrome

Utsav Anand Mani1, Pranjal Tripathi2, Haider Abbas3, Mukesh Kumar4, Devansh Goyal5, Sharique Alam6, Mohd Jahangir Alam7, Mohd Saalim8

1Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences. Lucknow 226014, Uttar Pradesh, India, 2Junior Resident, Department of Psychiatry, Andhra Medical College, Visakhapatnam 530002, Andhra Pradesh, India, 3Professor & Head, Department of Emergency Medicine, King George's Medical University, Lucknow 226003, Uttar Pradesh, India.
 

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.21088/ijtep.2348.9987.15423.2

Abstract

Haemolacria, also known as Bloody Tears due to its evident physical presentation, is a rare condition, which causes sudden panic and distress in both, the patient party and the health care providers. The patient, in her late teens, presented in the Department of Emergency Medicine of our tertiary care hospital, with a thin blood-stained streak from her left eye, without any active bleeding. Munchausen’s Syndrome is usually a diagnosis of exclusion due to its rarity. Haemolacria, an uncommon but worrying phenomenon, is one of the rare presentations of Munchausen syndrome.
 


Keywords : Urological emergency; Psychiatric Emergency; Penile Strangulation; Compulsive sexual behaviour disorder (CSBD)
Corresponding Author : Utsav Anand Mani