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Bloody tears: Ocular pyogenic granuloma inducing hemolacria during pregnancy.
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Department of Emergency and Hospital Medicine, Lehigh Valley Health Network/University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine, Lehigh Valley Campus, Allentown, PA, United States of America.
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Hemolacria secondary to major depressive disorder and generalized anxiety disorder: A case report.
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Neurosurgery Department Namazi Hospital, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences Shiraz Iran.
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.
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