¿Cuál es el valor de continuar publicando reportes de caso? / What is the value of continuing to publish case reports?

ABSTRACT

Case reports are a kind of scientific publications representing the simplest form of clinical research and are classified within the category of observational, descriptive trials. This type of studies usually presents thorough and detailed information about a patient with an unusual clinical condition, not previously published and posing a diagnostic dilemma with a novel approach or suggesting an intervention that has not been previously described.