Definitions for "Case report"
a detailed description of the dissection of a live and unanesthetized President Reagan
a doctor's detailed account of a patient with a medical complaint or illness
a publication where observations of one or a few patients are described in detail
This includes single case reports and published case series'. These are searchable as a separate category in the MEDLINE database
a brief description of a special case, which is either rare or stresses a specific point
a way of communicating information to the medical world about a rare or unreported feature, condition, complication, or intervention by publishing it in a medical journal