Reviewer ’s report  
 
Title: Fortu itous discovery of Ganglionic Tuberculosis after conservative treatment of Breast 
Cancer: a case report and review of the literature  
 
Version: 1 Date: 08 May 2019  
 
Reviewer: Reviewer 2  
 
Reviewer's report:  
 
REVISION ASSESSMENT FROM THE ACADEMIC PEER REVIEWER:  
Has the author addressed your concerns sufficiently for you to now recommend  the work as a 
technically sound contribution?  
Yes 
 
Reviewer comments: Authors addressed most comments convincingly.  
After the revisions suggested below are addressed the MS maybe acceptable for publication.  
 
REQUESTED REVISIONS:  
There are a few outstand ing issues such as language corrections and review of literature. 
Detailed suggestion as minor revisions which the authors can be trusted to correct are given 
below:  
1) Needs another round of language editing.  
( in abstract ---"Then she had a multidisci plinary consultation meeting where we decided to start 
her antituberculosis treatment three weeks before her adjuvant chemotherapy with radiotherapy 
and hormone therapy and oncogenetic consultation given her young age" is a long statement not 
clear for the  readers. )  
2) Lines 11-14, authors wrote this as suggested by another reviewer (seeking permission) which 
fits better in conclusion.  
3) Lines 29-31, authors give dimensions of TWO nodes by mentioning as largest and smallest 
which was not necessary.  
4) They still used the word "discovered" under discussion.  
5) Paragraph about TB and breast cancer repeating all well known facts is needless.  
6) In background, they may add briefly, other reports about concurrence of TB and cancer. They 
discuss the imp lications of co -occurrence under discussion.  
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 which controls are required in your comments to the authors.  
 
Yes 
 
Are the conclusions drawn adequately supporte d 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 spe cify what aspects require further  
assessment in your comments to the editors.  
 
Not relevant to this manuscript  
 
Quality of written English  
Please indicate the quality of language in the manuscript:  
 
Needs some language corrections before being published  
 
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