Montero-Aguilar M

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Since the emergence of scientific communication, case reports have served in the advancement of our understanding of diverse scientific topics and have been the foundation to clinical care and research efforts. As clinicians, when dealing with a clinical case which presents a uniqueness related to its diagnostic process, treatment approach, evolution of the intervention, or even the final outcome; we are sometimes attracted to the idea of publishing it in the form of a case report. Such cases must be, in some way, novel and interesting, but more significantly, ethically sound. Therefore, which are the current ethical issues to consider when writing and publishing case reports?