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  24 Jul 2003 Version: Date: 
 mohammad S khuroo Reviewer: 
 A paper of considerable general medical or scientific interest Level of interest: 
 Unable to decide on acceptance or rejection until the authors have Advice on publication: 
responded to the compulsory revisions 
The authors describe a case of hepatobiliary ascariasis presenting as hepatolithiais and hepatic 
abscess. Imaging tools failed to reveal the nature of the underlying pathology and an adult ascaride 
was detected in the bile duct on the resected specimen. Although hepatobiliary ascariais is rare in 
developed countries the disease is endemic in developing countries with temperate climate. This 
case report is a good example of how this entity can be missed by imaging tools and may be detected only at histology. 
I would suggest following to the authors: 
1. References need to be written in the correct format. 
2.A CT scan and resected specimen gross photo shall be helpful along with the histology for the 
readers. 
3.Epidemiology of hepatolithiais and hepatobiliary parasites needs to be detailed out. 
4.Pathogeneis of hepatolithiasis and biliary parasites needs to be defined as known form the 
literature. 
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  24 Jul 2003 Version: Date: 
 mohammad S khuroo Reviewer: 
 A paper of considerable general medical or scientific interest Level of interest: 
 Unable to decide on acceptance or rejection until the authors have Advice on publication: 
responded to the compulsory revisions 
The authors describe a case of hepatobiliary ascariasis presenting as hepatolithiais and hepatic 
abscess. Imaging tools failed to reveal the nature of the underlying pathology and an adult ascaride 
was detected in the bile duct on the resected specimen. Although hepatobiliary ascariais is rare in 
developed countries the disease is endemic in developing countries with temperate climate. This 
case report is a good example of how this entity can be missed by imaging tools and may be detected only at histology. 
I would suggest following to the authors: 
1. References need to be written in the correct format. 
2.A CT scan and resected specimen gross photo shall be helpful along with the histology for the 
readers. 
3.Epidemiology of hepatolithiais and hepatobiliary parasites needs to be detailed out. 
4.Pathogeneis of hepatolithiasis and biliary parasites needs to be defined as known form the 
literature. 
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  24 Jul 2003 Version: Date: 
 mohammad S khuroo Reviewer: 
 A paper of considerable general medical or scientific interest Level of interest: 
 Unable to decide on acceptance or rejection until the authors have Advice on publication: 
responded to the compulsory revisions 
The authors describe a case of hepatobiliary ascariasis presenting as hepatolithiais and hepatic 
abscess. Imaging tools failed to reveal the nature of the underlying pathology and an adult ascaride 
was detected in the bile duct on the resected specimen. Although hepatobiliary ascariais is rare in 
developed countries the disease is endemic in developing countries with temperate climate. This 
case report is a good example of how this entity can be missed by imaging tools and may be detected only at histology. 
I would suggest following to the authors: 
1. References need to be written in the correct format. 
2.A CT scan and resected specimen gross photo shall be helpful along with the histology for the 
readers. 
3.Epidemiology of hepatolithiais and hepatobiliary parasites needs to be detailed out. 
4.Pathogeneis of hepatolithiasis and biliary parasites needs to be defined as known form the 
literature. 
Competing interests: 
None declared. 
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