Review for 10.1186/s12876-020-01271-6 (2020)

Reviewer’ s report
Title: Misdiagnosis of multiple synchronous small bowel adenocarcinomas as intestinal
tuberculosis: a case report
Version: 1Date: 27 Nov 2019
Reviewer: Roberto Caronna
Reviewer's report:
This manuscript is a Case Report about a misdiagnosis of multiple synchronous small bowel
adenocarcinomas as intestinal tuberculosis.The manuscript is correctly written but unfortunatelydoes not contain significantly original informations.The images are of poor quality and no legendhas been inserted.We believe that the radiologic interpretation of CT imaging should havesuggested at least a differential diagnosis with adenocarcinoma.The case is certainly rare for theconcomitant presence of tuberculosis, but the procedures adopted and the results obtained do notdiffer from what is already known.For these reasons, we believe that the manuscript does notachieve sufficient quality for publication on BMC Gastroenterology.
Are the methods appropriate and well described?
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No
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Not relevant to this manuscriptQuality of written English
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Acceptable
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