Case Reports Are Microwavable

INTERFERON INDUCED CARDIOMYOPATHY: CASE REPORTS

There are few reports concerning interferon induced myocardial dysfunction. A known case of multiple myeloma who was receiving interferon alpha (IFA) for 14 months was brought to the emergency room in frank: pulmonary edema. After treatment of heart failure and discontinuation of interferon alpha, he remained asymptomatic thereafter. Another case of chronic active hepatitis on IFA complain...

Only Rare Cases are Case Reports: Busting a Myth

Being the editor of Journal of Orthopaedic Case Reports, I encounter a variety of queries and questions regarding the nature of Case Reports. Often when I point that a particular case can be presented as a case report, I get a reply that it is not a rare case, can it be published? Even at other times when I point that an image, or a technique or even an idea can be published, the same counter c...

GATA3 and kidney development: why case reports are still important.

Case reports

In English literature, PAM has been reported from 51 countries where 40.6% are from Asia [2]. The mean age at presentation is 35 years [3]. There are two varieties described, familial and sporadic [4]. Autosomal recessive familial form has female preponderance. 50% of patients may be asymptomatic despite fluorid interstitial shadows on chest radiograph, or present with dyspnoea, prolonged cough...

Case reports

A 28-year-old woman was referred to an epilepsy and neuropsychiatry service following a disastrous attempt at treating her infertility by a local gynaecological unit. At the age of 14 she had developed complex partial seizures. A single electroencephalograph (EEG) had shown epileptic activity focal to the right temporal lobe and she was placed on sodium valproate by a paediatrician. She continu...