Pulmonary puzzles
- 1Associate Editor, Thorax
- 2Editor-in-Chief, Thorax
- Correspondence to:
Dr W Wedzicha
Thorax editorial office, BMJ Journals, BMA House, Tavistock Square, London WC1H 9JR, UK; thorax{at}bmjgroup.com
Case reports are a useful method of identifying unique case presentations, often with important clinical caveats. Unfortunately, with the pressure on space, especially in high impact journals such as Thorax, the ability to accept case reports for publication is extremely low. A number of years ago Thorax, recognising its inability to publish more than a minority of case reports submitted, introduced what has transpired …









