Review for 10.1186/s12876-020-01330-y (2020)

Reviewer ’s report  
 
Title: Eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE); a disease that must not be neglected  
 
Version: 1 Date: 19 Mar 2020  
 
Reviewer's report:  
 
This paper reports the case of a spontaneous esophageal rupture in presence of EoE. It certainly 
merits publication, as the topic is of significant importance.  
However, I have a few  questions and comments:  
 
All in all, the report is a little too figurative for my taste (lines 65, 67, 78)  
 
Lines:  
44 a rough estimate would be of help  
57 in my opinion there are too many details in here facilitating an identification of this patient  
75 instead of fig 2 rather picture of upper endoscopy (or laparoscopy)  
76 No antifungal medication?  
81 couldn't it simply bcs of the stent?  
83 were taken  
88 No nasojejunal tube for feeding?  
99 boerhaave  
106 or endoscopic VAC therapy?  
109 Just in theory: woul dn't fibrosis of the esophagus be prohibitive to rupture?  
 
It think a sentence about the role of EoE -activity in esophageal healing would be very 
interesting: worse outcome when activity is high? Steroids?  
 
 
Are the methods appropriate and well described?  
If not, please specify what is required in your comments to the authors.  
 
Yes 
 
Does the work include the necessary controls?  
If not, please specify which controls are required in your comments to the authors.  
 
Unable to assess  
 
Are the conclusions drawn adequately supported by the data shown?  
If not, please explain in your comments to the authors.  
 
Unable to assess  
 
 
Are you able to assess any statistics in the manuscript or would you recommend an  
additional statistical review?  
If an additional statistical review is recommended, please specify what aspects require further  
assessment in your comments to the editors.  
 
Not relevant to this manuscript  
 
Quality of written English  
Please indicate the quality of language in the manuscript : 
 
Needs some language corrections before being published  
 
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