Review for 10.1186/s12876-019-1058-1 (2019)

Reviewer ’s report  
 
Title: Lupus enteritis masquerading as Crohn´s disease  
 
Version: 1 Date: 09 Jun 2018  
 
Reviewer: Piotr Eder  
 
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I read with interest the paper by Zhu XL. The presented case re port is interesting, however I have 
some major comments.  
 
I am really not completely sure about the diagnosis of SLE. Before this kind of diagnosis in a 71 -
year-old male (what is not typical for SLE), multiple alternative reasons of ulcerations in the GI 
tract should be excluded.  
 
What about GI infectious diseases (i.a. C. difficile, Salmonella/Shigella, Campylobacter, 
Yersinia, GI histoplasmosis and many more), vasculitis, GI sarcoidosis and other potential 
etiological factors? Were they exluded?  
 
What abou t the post mortem examination? I think that this kind of assessment is always crucial 
in the most diffucult diagnostic cases? Was the autopsy of the patient done?  
 
Moreover, the language should be significantly improved.   
 
Are the methods appropri ate and well described?  
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Unable to assess  
 
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Unable to assess  
 
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Unable to assess  
 
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Not relevant to this manuscript  
 
Quality of written English  
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Not suitable for publication unless extensively edited  
 
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