Title: Ultrasound imaging findings in primary biliary cholangitis
Version: 1 Date: 21 Oct 2023
Reviewer's report:
This article is interesting, but the description is problematic (see below) and is not acceptable
for publication in the present form.
Major points
1) English: To be revised. If not, I cannot understand the detail. It needs to be corrected by
someone familiar with medical terminology and English.
2) Medical terms: In my opinion, the terms used in this article are sometimes inappropriate.
P7, L7. “liver echogenicity”. Echo texture is appropriate
P7, L13. “rami inferior segment of left external lobe” What does it mean?
P8, L3. “blunt”. It means dull?
3) Definitions: Please define more accurately the terms used in this article.
e.g. sharp edge vs blunted edge.
Please define “diameters of the left hepatic lobe”.
4) Materials and Methods: In this study, there are 24 cases of non-histologically proven PBC
and 13 cases of clinically diagnosed CHB.
In my opinion, the authors should have excluded them, because grouping histologically proven
cases and non-proven cases together may decrease the quality of the article.
Minor points
1) The agreement between the two observers for liver echogenicity was poor --. Why ? Please
add a few considerations about that in Discussion.
2) References: There are very few articles of ultrasound.
Title: Ultrasound imaging findings in primary biliary cholangitis
Version: 1 Date: 21 Oct 2023
Reviewer's report:
This article is interesting, but the description is problematic (see below) and is not acceptable
for publication in the present form.
Major points
1) English: To be revised. If not, I cannot understand the detail. It needs to be corrected by
someone familiar with medical terminology and English.
2) Medical terms: In my opinion, the terms used in this article are sometimes inappropriate.
P7, L7. “liver echogenicity”. Echo texture is appropriate
P7, L13. “rami inferior segment of left external lobe” What does it mean?
P8, L3. “blunt”. It means dull?
3) Definitions: Please define more accurately the terms used in this article.
e.g. sharp edge vs blunted edge.
Please define “diameters of the left hepatic lobe”.
4) Materials and Methods: In this study, there are 24 cases of non-histologically proven PBC
and 13 cases of clinically diagnosed CHB.
In my opinion, the authors should have excluded them, because grouping histologically proven
cases and non-proven cases together may decrease the quality of the article.
Minor points
1) The agreement between the two observers for liver echogenicity was poor --. Why ? Please
add a few considerations about that in Discussion.
2) References: There are very few articles of ultrasound.
Please review this paper.
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Title: Ultrasound imaging findings in primary biliary cholangitis
Version: 1 Date: 21 Oct 2023
Reviewer's report:
This article is interesting, but the description is problematic (see below) and is not acceptable
for publication in the present form.
Major points
1) English: To be revised. If not, I cannot understand the detail. It needs to be corrected by
someone familiar with medical terminology and English.
2) Medical terms: In my opinion, the terms used in this article are sometimes inappropriate.
P7, L7. “liver echogenicity”. Echo texture is appropriate
P7, L13. “rami inferior segment of left external lobe” What does it mean?
P8, L3. “blunt”. It means dull?
3) Definitions: Please define more accurately the terms used in this article.
e.g. sharp edge vs blunted edge.
Please define “diameters of the left hepatic lobe”.
4) Materials and Methods: In this study, there are 24 cases of non-histologically proven PBC
and 13 cases of clinically diagnosed CHB.
In my opinion, the authors should have excluded them, because grouping histologically proven
cases and non-proven cases together may decrease the quality of the article.
Minor points
1) The agreement between the two observers for liver echogenicity was poor --. Why ? Please
add a few considerations about that in Discussion.
2) References: There are very few articles of ultrasound.
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