Title: A Review of 17 Cases of Mesenteric Panniculitis in Zhengzhou Ninth People's Hospital
in China
Version: 3 Date: 07 Oct 2023
Reviewer's report:
In this article, Wang et al. have carried out a small but useful survey to get an idea of the
characteristics of MP, which is a rare condition.
While this study is interesting for its novelty, there are several points that need to be addressed.
Major points
1. As this study has a small number of cases, more detailed information needs to be presented
for each case.
- Firstly, were symptoms such as abdominal pain considered to be a symptom of the MP itself
and not due to other factors such as gallstones?
- The authors state that six patients were treated with antimicrobials and one with antimicrobials
and PSLs, but what was the course of treatment in the other cases? If nine cases are spontaneous,
what happens to the remaining one out of 17?
- In each case, were the cholecystitis, gallstones or malignancy noted together treated?
-p.4 line76 – p.5 line78 and Table 1 should be listed in the result section, so I suggest that it
should be listed in the result section, with amendments based on the above content as well.
Minor points
1. (p.4 line 62) Do 'abdominal trauma' and 'trauma' mean different things?
2. (p.4 line 70) Authors mention that they searched for "MP", but did you not search for other
search terms such as "mesenteric panniculitis"? What is the reason for?
3. (p.4 line 75) Authors exclude patients with acute pancreatitis despite stating in the introductory
section that it is associated with MP, does this not fall under limitation?
4. With regard to Figure 1, it would be desirable to indicate the findings on the image with
arrows to make it easier to understand.
5. This study found that MP was more common in women, but what could be the reasons for
this different result from previous epidemiology?
Title: A Review of 17 Cases of Mesenteric Panniculitis in Zhengzhou Ninth People's Hospital
in China
Version: 3 Date: 07 Oct 2023
Reviewer's report:
In this article, Wang et al. have carried out a small but useful survey to get an idea of the
characteristics of MP, which is a rare condition.
While this study is interesting for its novelty, there are several points that need to be addressed.
Major points
1. As this study has a small number of cases, more detailed information needs to be presented
for each case.
- Firstly, were symptoms such as abdominal pain considered to be a symptom of the MP itself
and not due to other factors such as gallstones?
- The authors state that six patients were treated with antimicrobials and one with antimicrobials
and PSLs, but what was the course of treatment in the other cases? If nine cases are spontaneous,
what happens to the remaining one out of 17?
- In each case, were the cholecystitis, gallstones or malignancy noted together treated?
-p.4 line76 – p.5 line78 and Table 1 should be listed in the result section, so I suggest that it
should be listed in the result section, with amendments based on the above content as well.
Minor points
1. (p.4 line 62) Do 'abdominal trauma' and 'trauma' mean different things?
2. (p.4 line 70) Authors mention that they searched for "MP", but did you not search for other
search terms such as "mesenteric panniculitis"? What is the reason for?
3. (p.4 line 75) Authors exclude patients with acute pancreatitis despite stating in the introductory
section that it is associated with MP, does this not fall under limitation?
4. With regard to Figure 1, it would be desirable to indicate the findings on the image with
arrows to make it easier to understand.
5. This study found that MP was more common in women, but what could be the reasons for
this different result from previous epidemiology?
Please review this paper.
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Title: A Review of 17 Cases of Mesenteric Panniculitis in Zhengzhou Ninth People's Hospital
in China
Version: 3 Date: 07 Oct 2023
Reviewer's report:
In this article, Wang et al. have carried out a small but useful survey to get an idea of the
characteristics of MP, which is a rare condition.
While this study is interesting for its novelty, there are several points that need to be addressed.
Major points
1. As this study has a small number of cases, more detailed information needs to be presented
for each case.
- Firstly, were symptoms such as abdominal pain considered to be a symptom of the MP itself
and not due to other factors such as gallstones?
- The authors state that six patients were treated with antimicrobials and one with antimicrobials
and PSLs, but what was the course of treatment in the other cases? If nine cases are spontaneous,
what happens to the remaining one out of 17?
- In each case, were the cholecystitis, gallstones or malignancy noted together treated?
-p.4 line76 – p.5 line78 and Table 1 should be listed in the result section, so I suggest that it
should be listed in the result section, with amendments based on the above content as well.
Minor points
1. (p.4 line 62) Do 'abdominal trauma' and 'trauma' mean different things?
2. (p.4 line 70) Authors mention that they searched for "MP", but did you not search for other
search terms such as "mesenteric panniculitis"? What is the reason for?
3. (p.4 line 75) Authors exclude patients with acute pancreatitis despite stating in the introductory
section that it is associated with MP, does this not fall under limitation?
4. With regard to Figure 1, it would be desirable to indicate the findings on the image with
arrows to make it easier to understand.
5. This study found that MP was more common in women, but what could be the reasons for
this different result from previous epidemiology?
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