Structure and Requirements for Case Report

One or more clinical cases may be described in the same article. It will be structured as follows: Preliminary parts (Type of article, Title, Author/s, Informative Abstract, Keywords), Introduction, below:

Case Presentation: narrates the diagnostic process of the patient in a clear and simple way, taking care of the logical sequence narrative, describing the clinical manifestations and surgical procedures, the results of the complementary studies and the necropsy (in case of death).

Case Discussion: you should focus on the specific message of the case and the clinical-surgical-diagnostic and therapeutic importance. If the author has found other cases, these may be mentioned and illustrated, but not described in detail.

 Scientific Contribution: mandatory.

Final Considerations: reflected at the end of the discussion or developed in independent section. It highlights recommendations for the management of similar patients or the lines of research that could originate in this case. The conclusion must be cautious in that treatments cannot be recommended or conclusions can be extrapolated following only one particular case.

Acknowledgments: optional.

References: from 10 to 12 references. They will be bounded according to order of appearance in Arabic numerals, always using superscript and in parentheses.

Conflict of Interest Statement: mandatory.

 Authors' Contribution: mandatory.

Financing: mandatory.

Reports from 1.500 to 2.500 words will be accepted at most (without references and figures), three authors and up to five figures.