About the Journal

SPMI Case Reports is the Portuguese Society of Internal Medicine's open-access online journal for clinical cases and medical images. SPMI Case Reports aims to publish cases with important and innovative clinical messages. In other words, common cases that present a diagnostic, ethical or treatment challenge, or cases about a pathology that has not yet been described or is rare at national or international level, an atypical presentation of a disease, the appearance of a new aetiology, a rare complication of a given pathology, a side effect of a drug that has not yet been described, a new method of diagnostic intervention or an innovative therapy. SPMI Case Reports aims to publish cases worthy of discussion, particularly around aspects of differential diagnosis, decision-making, management, clinical guidelines and pathology.

SPMI Case Reports adheres to the highest standards regarding its editorial policies on publication ethics, scientific misconduct, consent and peer review criteria. The journal follows guidelines produced by bodies including the World Association of Medical Editors (WAME).

Periodicity
Quarterly (4 issues per year)

Registration with the Media Regulatory Authority (ERC) nº 127924

indexed

The journal has been following the ICMJE principles since 2023 time