How to write a case report

Please use this guidance in conjunction with our writing templates

Global health case reports add detail about the patient’s social determinants of health, access to health care, prevailing local and national issues that affect health and well-being, and the challenges in providing care to vulnerable populations or with limited resources.

Clinical case reports are closest to classical case reports which describe unusual presentations, difficult diagnoses, challenging management decisions, pathophysiological mechanisms and complications. Adverse events, when reported, should be carefully described for learning purposes only.

Videos may be submitted with any of the three templates above. Crucial to all images and videos is that the patient is not identified and images and videos are cropped to show only the clinical point of interest.

Images in cases, include a short description (about 500 words) of the case centred around relevant clinical images or videos

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