Reviewer ’s report  
 
Title: Gastric schwannoma with giant ulcer and lymphadenopa thy mimicking gastric cancer: a 
case report  
 
Version: 0 Date: 04 Nov 2019  
 
Reviewer: Rishi Bolia  
 
Reviewer's report:  
 
There are a lot of grammatica l mistakes. "the bottom of the ulcer is depression,", "computer" 
Tomography, "peripheral mucous involvement" - to mention a few. Please correct them. What 
does "peripheral mucous involvement" even mean?  
 
Was an Endoscopic ultrasound considered ?  
 
In the di scussion , consider discussing how Immunohistochemical staining can differentiate 
various spindle cell tumors.  
 
. Stress upon the fact that - 18F-FDG PET/CT has only a limited role in making preoperative 
differential diagnosis between benign schwannoma and malignancy.  
 
Mention a few lines about prognosis and follow - up of such patients.  
 
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.  
 
Unable to assess  
 
Are the conclusions drawn adequately supported by the data shown?  
If not, please explain in your comments to the authors.  
 
Yes 
 
Are you a ble to assess any statistics in the manus cript or would you recommend an 
additional statistical review?  
If an additional statistical review is recommended, please speci fy 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:  
 
Not suitable for publication unless extensively edited  
 
Declaration of competing interests  
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1.  Have you in the past five years received reimbursements, f ees, funding, or salary 
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2.  Do you hold any stocks or shares in an organisation t hat may in any way gain or 
lose financially from the publication of this manuscript, either now or in the 
future?  
 
3.  Do you hold or are you currently applying for any patents relating to the c ontent 
of the manuscript?  
 
4.  Have you received reimbursements, fees, funding, or salary from an o rganization 
that holds or has applied for patents relating to the content of the manuscript?  
 
5.  Do you have any other financial competing interests?  
 
6.  Do you have any non -financial competing interests in relation to this paper?  
 
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below. If your reply is yes to any, please give details below.  
 
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Reviewer ’s report  
 
Title: Gastric schwannoma with giant ulcer and lymphadenopa thy mimicking gastric cancer: a 
case report  
 
Version: 0 Date: 04 Nov 2019  
 
Reviewer: Rishi Bolia  
 
Reviewer's report:  
 
There are a lot of grammatica l mistakes. "the bottom of the ulcer is depression,", "computer" 
Tomography, "peripheral mucous involvement" - to mention a few. Please correct them. What 
does "peripheral mucous involvement" even mean?  
 
Was an Endoscopic ultrasound considered ?  
 
In the di scussion , consider discussing how Immunohistochemical staining can differentiate 
various spindle cell tumors.  
 
. Stress upon the fact that - 18F-FDG PET/CT has only a limited role in making preoperative 
differential diagnosis between benign schwannoma and malignancy.  
 
Mention a few lines about prognosis and follow - up of such patients.  
 
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.  
 
Unable to assess  
 
Are the conclusions drawn adequately supported by the data shown?  
If not, please explain in your comments to the authors.  
 
Yes 
 
Are you a ble to assess any statistics in the manus cript or would you recommend an 
additional statistical review?  
If an additional statistical review is recommended, please speci fy 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:  
 
Not suitable for publication unless extensively edited  
 
Declaration of competing interests  
Please complete a declaration of competing inter ests, considering the following questions:  
 
1.  Have you in the past five years received reimbursements, f ees, funding, or salary 
from an organisation that may in any way gain or lose financial ly from the 
publication of this manuscript, either now or in the future?  
 
2.  Do you hold any stocks or shares in an organisation t hat may in any way gain or 
lose financially from the publication of this manuscript, either now or in the 
future?  
 
3.  Do you hold or are you currently applying for any patents relating to the c ontent 
of the manuscript?  
 
4.  Have you received reimbursements, fees, funding, or salary from an o rganization 
that holds or has applied for patents relating to the content of the manuscript?  
 
5.  Do you have any other financial competing interests?  
 
6.  Do you have any non -financial competing interests in relation to this paper?  
 
If you can answer no to all of the above, write 'I declare that I have  no competing interests' 
below. If your reply is yes to any, please give details below.  
 
I declare that I have no com peting interests  
 
I agree to the open peer review policy of the journal. I understan d that my name will be included 
on my report to the authors and, if the manuscript is accepted f or publication, my named report 
including any attachments I upload will be po sted on the website along with the authors' 
responses. I agree for my report to be made available under an Open Access Creative Commons 
CC-BY license ( http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ ). I understand that any comments 
which I do not wish to be in cluded in my named report can be in cluded as confidential comments 
to the editors, which will not be published.  
 
I agree to the open peer review policy of the journal  
Please review this paper.
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Reviewer ’s report  
 
Title: Gastric schwannoma with giant ulcer and lymphadenopa thy mimicking gastric cancer: a 
case report  
 
Version: 0 Date: 04 Nov 2019  
 
Reviewer: Rishi Bolia  
 
Reviewer's report:  
 
There are a lot of grammatica l mistakes. "the bottom of the ulcer is depression,", "computer" 
Tomography, "peripheral mucous involvement" - to mention a few. Please correct them. What 
does "peripheral mucous involvement" even mean?  
 
Was an Endoscopic ultrasound considered ?  
 
In the di scussion , consider discussing how Immunohistochemical staining can differentiate 
various spindle cell tumors.  
 
. Stress upon the fact that - 18F-FDG PET/CT has only a limited role in making preoperative 
differential diagnosis between benign schwannoma and malignancy.  
 
Mention a few lines about prognosis and follow - up of such patients.  
 
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.  
 
Unable to assess  
 
Are the conclusions drawn adequately supported by the data shown?  
If not, please explain in your comments to the authors.  
 
Yes 
 
Are you a ble to assess any statistics in the manus cript or would you recommend an 
additional statistical review?  
If an additional statistical review is recommended, please speci fy 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:  
 
Not suitable for publication unless extensively edited  
 
Declaration of competing interests  
Please complete a declaration of competing inter ests, considering the following questions:  
 
1.  Have you in the past five years received reimbursements, f ees, funding, or salary 
from an organisation that may in any way gain or lose financial ly from the 
publication of this manuscript, either now or in the future?  
 
2.  Do you hold any stocks or shares in an organisation t hat may in any way gain or 
lose financially from the publication of this manuscript, either now or in the 
future?  
 
3.  Do you hold or are you currently applying for any patents relating to the c ontent 
of the manuscript?  
 
4.  Have you received reimbursements, fees, funding, or salary from an o rganization 
that holds or has applied for patents relating to the content of the manuscript?  
 
5.  Do you have any other financial competing interests?  
 
6.  Do you have any non -financial competing interests in relation to this paper?  
 
If you can answer no to all of the above, write 'I declare that I have  no competing interests' 
below. If your reply is yes to any, please give details below.  
 
I declare that I have no com peting interests  
 
I agree to the open peer review policy of the journal. I understan d that my name will be included 
on my report to the authors and, if the manuscript is accepted f or publication, my named report 
including any attachments I upload will be po sted on the website along with the authors' 
responses. I agree for my report to be made available under an Open Access Creative Commons 
CC-BY license ( http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ ). I understand that any comments 
which I do not wish to be in cluded in my named report can be in cluded as confidential comments 
to the editors, which will not be published.  
 
I agree to the open peer review policy of the journal  
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