Learning from errors

Ankle pseudoaneurysm: distal posterior tibial artery pseudoaneurysm in a child following blunt trauma
Karthigesu Aimanan, Chan Hooi Chea, Kim Ying Lim, Ashok Damodaran

BMJ Case Reports CP May 2019, 12 (5) e228255; DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2018-228255
Squamous cell carcinoma of skin due to prolonged indwelling percutaneous nephrostomy catheter
Ashish Sharma, Vishwajeet Singh, Rahul Janak Sinha, Samarth Agarwal

BMJ Case Reports CP May 2019, 12 (5) e229023; DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2018-229023
False-positive troponin I elevation in a newborn with neonatal encephalopathy
Elisabetta Caredda, Roberto Rosso, Carlo Capristo, Paolo Montaldo

BMJ Case Reports CP May 2019, 12 (5) e229217; DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2019-229217
Distraction osteogenesis of the humerus: a case of 100% humeral lengthening in a short duration without permanent complications
Sheng Da Jowell Cheng, Kenneth Pak Leung Wong

BMJ Case Reports CP May 2019, 12 (5) e228222; DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2018-228222
Primary progressive multiple sclerosis to be treated with ocrelizumab: a mistaken case of cobalamin deficiency
Sydney Feldman, Salman Aljarallah, Shiv Saidha

BMJ Case Reports CP May 2019, 12 (5) e229080; DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2018-229080
Holoprosencephaly or severe hydrocephalus: T1 sequence tells the story
Fariba Zarei, Pooya Iranpour, Sara Haseli

BMJ Case Reports CP May 2019, 12 (5) e228648; DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2018-228648
Heidenhain variant sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease diagnosed as an autoimmune encephalitis due to a false-positive GAD autoantibody
Nicolás Urriola, Kavie Soosapilla, Geoffrey Herkes, Joseph Nogajski

BMJ Case Reports CP May 2019, 12 (5) e229018; DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2018-229018
Intraoesophageal migration of Teflon pledgets used for hiatal hernia repair: a serious adverse event
Maude Rancourt, Alex Paré, Émilie Comeau

BMJ Case Reports CP Apr 2019, 12 (4) e224383; DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2018-224383
Comparing APLS and oranges: caution with the use of direct-acting oral anticoagulants (DOACs) instead of warfarin in the treatment of antiphospholipid syndrome (APLS)
Matthew Benger, Jasper Vink, Luke Blagdon Snell, Karen Breen

BMJ Case Reports CP Apr 2019, 12 (4) e227695; DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2018-227695
Multisystemic sarcoidosis—important lessons learnt from one of the great imitators
Anindita Santosa, Chin Fong Wong, Li Wearn Koh

BMJ Case Reports CP Mar 2019, 12 (3) e227929; DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2018-227929

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