Your presence here shows your commitment to this process. We have just lowered our prices again. You can send your paper in for a free assessment and no obligation quote. Publication of Case Reports Publication of a case report is quite often the first type of paper a physician will try to write. In general, clinical studies, with a series of patients in a planned study design are valued much more highly.
Many journals refuse to publish case reports or publish a limited number of such reports.
Often, such cases are placed at the end of a journal. The journal where you submit your case report should be chosen with care. Nonetheless, a well-written case report can be a valuable contribution to the medical literature. In order to be publishable, a case report should describe some new or rare finding associated with a disease, a new association between diseases and symptoms, an unexpected event in the course of treatment or observation, new findings that help explain the pathogenesis of a disease, or a unique approach to therapy. Case reports can also be useful to develop hypotheses, to reveal difficult diagnostic issues or novel treatment approaches, and to identify clinical and research needs for the future.