Review for 10.1186/s12876-018-0781-3 (2018)

Reviewer ’s report  
 
Title:  WIRSUNG ATRAUMATIC RUPTURE IN PATIENT WITH PANCREATIC 
PSEUDOCYSTS. A CASE PR ESENTATION  
 
Version: 1 Date: 30 Mar 2018 
 
Reviewer:  Vanessa M.  Shami  
 
Reviewer’s report:  
 
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I think the case report is interesting and would be of benefit to the readership of the journal. The 
authors did address the concerns raised by the reviewers, however there are still a lot of 
grammatical errors throughout the manuscript that need to be addressed prior to publication. I 
would recommend the g rammar be corrected prior to consideration for publication. Below are 
some specific examples:  
 
Abstract, 3rd sentence: Would add "formation" after the word pseudocyst to make it a complete 
sentence. Currently "Pseudocyst is the most frequent outcome of a p ancreatic duct leak" is an 
incomplete sentence.  
 
Abstract, Case presentation section, first sentence: Consider rephrasing: We describe a case of a 
64-year old man with multiple large pancreatic cysts discovered during work up of progressive 
jaundice and si gnificant weight loss ...  
 
Abstra ct, Case presentation section, 7th sentence: "whose drainage" needs to be corrected. A 
pseudocyst is not a who... consider ..."the presence of large communicating pseudocysts that 
were drained by cystogastrostomy."  
 
These are just a few examples of the types of grammatical issues that need to be corrected and 
are present throughout the manuscript.  
 
Are the methods appropriate and well described?  
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Yes 
 
Does the work include the necessary controls?  
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Unable to assess  
 
Are the conclusions drawn adequately supported by the data shown?  
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Yes 
 
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additional statistical review?  
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assessment in your comments to the editors.  
 
Not relevant to this manuscript  
 
Quality of written English  
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Needs some language corrections before being published  
 
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