Case Study and Case Report. 2020; 10(1): 4 - 7.

Virek V, Nyuyen H. Spontaneous hemarthrosis of the knee associated with clopidogrel treatment. Case Study Case Rep. 2020; 10(1): 4 - 7.

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The authors report a case of a 72-year-old-woman who developed spontaneous hemarthrosis of her left knee following clopidogrel treatment.  She has just got diagnosis of ischemic stroke and recived clopidogrel treatment for 3 months. The spontaneous hemarthrosis following clopidogrel therapy is rare. The case was managed by prompt articular aspiration after discontinuing clopidogrel therapy. In conclusion, spontaneous hemarthrosis is a possible complication following clopidogrel therapy and this condition should be recognized by practitioner since clopidogrel is widely used.

Keywords: hemathrosis, spontaneous, clopidogrel

Case Study and Case Report. 2020; 10(1): 1 - 3.

Joob B. Editorial: Reasons for article retraction. Case Study Case Rep. 2020; 10(1): 1 - 3.

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Unethical practice in academic publicaiton is a common unwnanted problem. Retraction is a standard way for management of problematic published article. Reasons for article retraction is an interesting issue in academic publicaiton. It is necessary to have clear information in retraction note. The details in retraction might be a good case study. This might be useful as lesson learnt to the reader. Honesty is based on ethical background and it is difficult to use a simple system for management in a short period. Any reporting guidelines might be useful and a user understands how to effectively and properly use it. Implementation of guidelines might be useless if the user is not qualified and ethical.

Keywords: misconduct, ethical, retraction