1Assistant Professor, Department of Forensic Medicine, Late Baliram Kashyap Memorial Government Medical College, Jagdalpur, Bastar, Chhattisgarh
2Junior Resident, Third Year, Department of Pathology, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Sawangi, Wardha, MS
To report a rare finding of red tears in eyes in a case of death by electrocution due to electric current.
This case was brought to mortuary of Late Baliram Kashyap Memorial Government Medical College, Jagdalpur, Bastar, Chhattisgarh, for post-mortem examination with history of electrocution.
The conventional practice of suspecting organophosphorous compound poisoning, tumour or injury gets a differential diagnosis. This is rarely noted finding, particularly in cases of electrocution due to electric current.
Red tears not merely indicate toxicity, trauma and tumour but may also suggest electrocution.
Red tears, Haemolacria, Electrocution
