Review for 10.1186/s12876-019-0944-x (2019)

Reviewer ’s report  
 
Title: Case Report of Patient with Cronkhite -Canada Syndrome: Sustained Remission after 
Treatment with Corticosteroids and Mesalazine  
 
Version: 0 Date: 27 Nov 2018  
 
Reviewer: Maria Pina Dore  
 
Reviewer's report:  
 
In this study Sigrid Schulte et al. presented a case of sustained remission after treatment with 
corticosteroids and mesalazine in a patient with cronkhite -canada syndrome.  
Cronkhite -Canada is a rare, nonfamilial syndrome, associated with gastrointestinal polyposis, 
diarrhea, weight loss, bleeding, alopecia, cutaneous hyperpigmentation, onychodystroph y and so 
on. The polyps are hamartomas with myxoid expansion of the lamina propria and increased 
eosinophils.  
Page 4, line 7 ………………..An intestinoscopy confirmed these findings, showing an extensive 
polyposis of the stomach, the small intestine as well as the colon…………………Please defined 
what intestinoscopy is.  
Page 4, line 12…………….The gastric tissue biopsies showed cystically enlarged crypts with 
edema and inflammatory infiltrates in the stroma region, mainly consisting of plasma cells and 
lymphocytes. The analysis of duodenal and jejunal polyps resulted in similar findings with 
cystically enlarged, mucine containing glands, a stromal edema and a dense inflammatory 
infiltrate (Figure 3).  
How the authors could explain the lack of eosinophils in the polyps?  
The authors need to no confuse vitiligo with hyperpigmentation (Page 5, line 5)  
Page 7, line 10………..This resulted in our decision to initiate mesalazine therapy and we opted 
for a dose analogous to that recommended for ulcerative colitis (3000 mg/d) [26].  Actually, the 
dose recommended for ulcerative colitis is 4.8 grams (to induce remission) and 2.4 grams (to 
maintain remission) daily in three divided doses  
Similar results were recently presented in a case report of a patients with Cronkhite -Canada 
treated  with corticosteroids and mesalazine "Long -lasting remission in a case of Cronkhite -
Canada syndrome. BMJ Case Rep. 2018"; that would be added in the discussion.  
  
Are the methods appropriate and well described?  
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