Review for 10.1186/s12876-020-01312-0 (2020)

Reviewer ’s report  
 
Title: Hemorrhagic cholecystitis with rare imaging presentation: a case report and a lesson 
learned  from neglected medication history of NSAIDs  
 
Version: 1 Date: 22 Feb 2020  
 
Reviewer: Jun Sakata  
 
Reviewer's report:  
 
The authors appropriately addressed all the issues I pointed in the prior review. However, I still 
have some concerns in the revised manuscript.  
 
#1 As shown in the Table 1, all the patients with hemorrhagic cholecystitis who used NSAIDs 
received oral administration of aspirin. Aspirin is a kind of NSAIDs and is known to have 
anticoagulation effects. There are many kinds of NSAIDs and the other NSAIDs were not 
reported to cause hemorrhagic cholecys titis. These indicate that the cause of hemorrhagic 
cholecystitis is anticoagulation therapy (aspirin), not NSAIDs use.  
 
#2 The authors should cite Table 1 in text.  
 
 
 
Are the methods appropriate and well described?  
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Yes 
 
Does the work include the necessary controls?  
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Yes 
 
Are the conclusions drawn adequately supported by the data shown?  
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No 
 
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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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