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April 18, 1986, Vol 255, No. 15 >
ARTICLE | April 18, 1986

Case Reports in the Medical Literature FREE

Donald E. Riesenberg, MD
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JAMA. 1986;255(15):2067-2067. doi:10.1001/jama.1986.03370150109039
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"Dear Doctor: Your case report is well written and interesting; it illustrates the many facets of an important entity. We do not find it acceptable for publication." Blasphemy! The single-case method is a venerable teaching technique, which closely approximates real medical practice. Why, then, do many prospective authors receive some version of the above letter?

The difficulty may be a misunderstanding of criteria for acceptability of such papers. The Journal very strongly endorses the concept of publishing case reports. In fact, five of 51 recently collected Landmark Articles in Medicine1 deal with single cases. Greenwalt,2 commenting on one of those landmark cases, has said that "carefully documented study of an unusual patient represents an experiment of nature that may be the opportunity to explain a long-recorded but unexplained clinical mystery."

In this issue of The Journal appear a CASE REPORT and accompanying editorial3,4 that serve to clarify

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Meyer HS, Lundberg GD (eds): Landmark Articles in Medicine . Chicago, American Medical Association, 1985;.
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Greenwalt TJ:  Rh isoimmunization: The importance of a critical case study . JAMA 1984;;251:1318-1320.
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Yackee J, Lipson A, Wasserman AG:  Electrocardiographic changes suggestive of cardiac ischemia in a patient with esophageal food impaction: A case that's hard to swallow . JAMA 1986;;255:2065-2066.
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Swiryn S, Hueter DC:  The electrocardiogram in esophageal impaction . JAMA 1986;;255:2067-2068.
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Sylvester RK, Ogden WB, Draxler CA, et al:  Vesicular eruption: A local complication of concentrated acyclovir infusions . JAMA 1986;;255:385-386.
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Balfour HH Jr:  Acyclovir therapy for herpes zoster: Advantages and adverse effects . JAMA 1986;;255:387-388.
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DeBakey L, DeBakey S:  The case report: I. Guidelines for preparation . Int J Cardiol 1983;;4:357-364.
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Soffer A:  Case reports in the Archives of Internal Medicine . Arch Intern Med 1976;;136:1090.
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Kuhn TS: The Structure of Scientific Revolutions . Chicago, The University of Chicago Press, 1970;.

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Meyer HS, Lundberg GD (eds): Landmark Articles in Medicine . Chicago, American Medical Association, 1985;.
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Greenwalt TJ:  Rh isoimmunization: The importance of a critical case study . JAMA 1984;;251:1318-1320.
3 +
Yackee J, Lipson A, Wasserman AG:  Electrocardiographic changes suggestive of cardiac ischemia in a patient with esophageal food impaction: A case that's hard to swallow . JAMA 1986;;255:2065-2066.
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Swiryn S, Hueter DC:  The electrocardiogram in esophageal impaction . JAMA 1986;;255:2067-2068.
5 +
Sylvester RK, Ogden WB, Draxler CA, et al:  Vesicular eruption: A local complication of concentrated acyclovir infusions . JAMA 1986;;255:385-386.
6 +
Balfour HH Jr:  Acyclovir therapy for herpes zoster: Advantages and adverse effects . JAMA 1986;;255:387-388.
7 +
DeBakey L, DeBakey S:  The case report: I. Guidelines for preparation . Int J Cardiol 1983;;4:357-364.
8 +
Soffer A:  Case reports in the Archives of Internal Medicine . Arch Intern Med 1976;;136:1090.
9 +
Kuhn TS: The Structure of Scientific Revolutions . Chicago, The University of Chicago Press, 1970;.

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