Reviewer's report 
 Hepatholithiasis with biliary ascariasis - A case report Title: 
Authors: 
Dr Kirtikumar S Pilankar ( kirtikumarp@yahoo.com )
Dr Anjali D Amarapurkar ( anjali_1963@hotmail.com )
Rajeev M Joshi ( drrajeevjoshi@yahoo.com )
Tilakdas S Shetty ( tsshetty@rediff.com )
Amit S Khitani ( amit126@hotmail.com )
 3  23 Jul 2003 Version: Date: 
 luca antonio aldrighetti Reviewer: 
 A paper whose findings are important to those with closely related research Level of interest: 
interests 
 Accept after discretionary revisions Advice on publication: 
1. The case is well described. 
2. The correlation between biliary ascariasis and hepatolithiasis is interesting even if a single case is 
not enought for such a conclusion. 
3. I suggest the author to add some imaging, i.e. TC scan and ERCP. 4. Resective surgery is not a clear indication in the presence of bilateral gallstones and is not the treatment of choice for liver abscesses. Percutaneous drainage of the abscess should have been 
considered first. Would the authors explain why the patient underwent hepatic resection? 
5. How the patient is now treated for the right lobe lithiasis? 
Competing interests: 
None declared. 
Reviewer's report 
 Hepatholithiasis with biliary ascariasis - A case report Title: 
Authors: 
Dr Kirtikumar S Pilankar ( kirtikumarp@yahoo.com )
Dr Anjali D Amarapurkar ( anjali_1963@hotmail.com )
Rajeev M Joshi ( drrajeevjoshi@yahoo.com )
Tilakdas S Shetty ( tsshetty@rediff.com )
Amit S Khitani ( amit126@hotmail.com )
 3  23 Jul 2003 Version: Date: 
 luca antonio aldrighetti Reviewer: 
 A paper whose findings are important to those with closely related research Level of interest: 
interests 
 Accept after discretionary revisions Advice on publication: 
1. The case is well described. 
2. The correlation between biliary ascariasis and hepatolithiasis is interesting even if a single case is 
not enought for such a conclusion. 
3. I suggest the author to add some imaging, i.e. TC scan and ERCP. 4. Resective surgery is not a clear indication in the presence of bilateral gallstones and is not the treatment of choice for liver abscesses. Percutaneous drainage of the abscess should have been 
considered first. Would the authors explain why the patient underwent hepatic resection? 
5. How the patient is now treated for the right lobe lithiasis? 
Competing interests: 
None declared. 
Please review this paper.
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Reviewer's report 
 Hepatholithiasis with biliary ascariasis - A case report Title: 
Authors: 
Dr Kirtikumar S Pilankar ( kirtikumarp@yahoo.com )
Dr Anjali D Amarapurkar ( anjali_1963@hotmail.com )
Rajeev M Joshi ( drrajeevjoshi@yahoo.com )
Tilakdas S Shetty ( tsshetty@rediff.com )
Amit S Khitani ( amit126@hotmail.com )
 3  23 Jul 2003 Version: Date: 
 luca antonio aldrighetti Reviewer: 
 A paper whose findings are important to those with closely related research Level of interest: 
interests 
 Accept after discretionary revisions Advice on publication: 
1. The case is well described. 
2. The correlation between biliary ascariasis and hepatolithiasis is interesting even if a single case is 
not enought for such a conclusion. 
3. I suggest the author to add some imaging, i.e. TC scan and ERCP. 4. Resective surgery is not a clear indication in the presence of bilateral gallstones and is not the treatment of choice for liver abscesses. Percutaneous drainage of the abscess should have been 
considered first. Would the authors explain why the patient underwent hepatic resection? 
5. How the patient is now treated for the right lobe lithiasis? 
Competing interests: 
None declared. 
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