Review for 10.1186/s12876-020-01388-8 (2020)

Reviewer ’s report  
 
Title: Characteristics of Adult Abdominal Cystic Lymaphangioma: a single center Chinese 
cohort  of 12 cases  
 
Version: 0 Date: 18 May 2020  
 
Reviewer's report:  
 
In the present study, Xiao et al reported their experience in the diagnosis and treatment of adult 
abdominal cystic lymaphangioma.  A total of 12 cases wer e reported, both imaging features, 
therapeutic strategies and follow -up information were thoroughly investigated. In general, the 
study was well designed, The data and figures were also well organized and presented. I only 
have some minor concerns as follo ws: 
1. Instead of hospital stay, comparison of postoperative hospital stay in different groups 
may be more meaningful  
2. Based on the data, only 1 patient had splenic cystic lymphangioma.  Lymphangioma is 
a common benign tumor of spleen, and often reported  in the literatures.  
3. Why did 2 patients receive aspiration instead of surgery? What are the indications for 
the aspiration or the surgery?  
4. For each figure, the arrows should be added to help readers to identify the lesions.  
5. The manuscript will ben efit from some English proofreading and editing to help with 
sentence structure, grammar and spelling, such as longist  
6. The manuscript format, including the references  should be modified according to the 
journal style.  
 
 
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 whi ch 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.  
 
Yes 
 
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.  
 
I am able to assess the statistics  
 
Quality of written English  
Please in dicate the quality of language in the manuscript:  
 
Needs some language corrections before being published  
 
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