Reviewer's report 
 Cystadenocarcinoma of the appendix: An incidental imaging finding in a patient with Title: 
adenocarcinomas of the ascending and the sigmoid colon 
 1  31 August 2003 Version: Date: 
 Jesse Lachter Reviewer: 
Reviewer's report: 
General 
Discretionary Revisions (which the author can choose to ignore) 
Minor Compulsory Revisions (such as missing labels on figures, or the wrong use of a term, which 
the author can be trusted to correct) 
The conclusion thaty appears as the last sentence in both the abstract and the manuscript text must 
be deleted as it is not true, and doe s not follow from the author's manuscript. Careful evaluation of 
the appendix is not truly warraned for every patient with a colonic neoplasm. If this was so, the paper 
would not be interesting, because the case reported would be trivial. 
There are many small errors in the use of the English language which need correction. Page three 
correct spelling of the word plain leave out A before mucocele, change that is to to be 
spell out the 7 as seven 
change abnormalities to abnormality inswert "the" before "finding in the next to last sentence on the page. page four- 
change invaginated to to invaginated into 
page 5- the authors seeem to mis-read or misrepresent the reference 6 to indicate that 21% of colon cancer patients have appendicieal adenomatous changes, rather than that 21% of a series of appendiceal 
adenomas were associated with colon noeplasia. This seems to be a very serious error needing 
correction if the paper is to be valid. Please check this very carefully. Page six- delete the incorrect final sentence- or try to justify it. 
Major Compulsory Revisions (that the author must respond to before a decision on publication can 
be reached) 
 Unable to decide on acceptance or rejection until the authors have Advice on publication: 
responded to the major compulsory revisions 
 A paper whose findings are important to those with closely related research Level of interest: 
interests 
 Needs some language corrections before being published Quality of written English: 
Declaration of competing interests: 
none 
Reviewer's report 
 Cystadenocarcinoma of the appendix: An incidental imaging finding in a patient with Title: 
adenocarcinomas of the ascending and the sigmoid colon 
 1  31 August 2003 Version: Date: 
 Jesse Lachter Reviewer: 
Reviewer's report: 
General 
Discretionary Revisions (which the author can choose to ignore) 
Minor Compulsory Revisions (such as missing labels on figures, or the wrong use of a term, which 
the author can be trusted to correct) 
The conclusion thaty appears as the last sentence in both the abstract and the manuscript text must 
be deleted as it is not true, and doe s not follow from the author's manuscript. Careful evaluation of 
the appendix is not truly warraned for every patient with a colonic neoplasm. If this was so, the paper 
would not be interesting, because the case reported would be trivial. 
There are many small errors in the use of the English language which need correction. Page three 
correct spelling of the word plain leave out A before mucocele, change that is to to be 
spell out the 7 as seven 
change abnormalities to abnormality inswert "the" before "finding in the next to last sentence on the page. page four- 
change invaginated to to invaginated into 
page 5- the authors seeem to mis-read or misrepresent the reference 6 to indicate that 21% of colon cancer patients have appendicieal adenomatous changes, rather than that 21% of a series of appendiceal 
adenomas were associated with colon noeplasia. This seems to be a very serious error needing 
correction if the paper is to be valid. Please check this very carefully. Page six- delete the incorrect final sentence- or try to justify it. 
Major Compulsory Revisions (that the author must respond to before a decision on publication can 
be reached) 
 Unable to decide on acceptance or rejection until the authors have Advice on publication: 
responded to the major compulsory revisions 
 A paper whose findings are important to those with closely related research Level of interest: 
interests 
 Needs some language corrections before being published Quality of written English: 
Declaration of competing interests: 
none 
Please review this paper.
user
Reviewer's report 
 Cystadenocarcinoma of the appendix: An incidental imaging finding in a patient with Title: 
adenocarcinomas of the ascending and the sigmoid colon 
 1  31 August 2003 Version: Date: 
 Jesse Lachter Reviewer: 
Reviewer's report: 
General 
Discretionary Revisions (which the author can choose to ignore) 
Minor Compulsory Revisions (such as missing labels on figures, or the wrong use of a term, which 
the author can be trusted to correct) 
The conclusion thaty appears as the last sentence in both the abstract and the manuscript text must 
be deleted as it is not true, and doe s not follow from the author's manuscript. Careful evaluation of 
the appendix is not truly warraned for every patient with a colonic neoplasm. If this was so, the paper 
would not be interesting, because the case reported would be trivial. 
There are many small errors in the use of the English language which need correction. Page three 
correct spelling of the word plain leave out A before mucocele, change that is to to be 
spell out the 7 as seven 
change abnormalities to abnormality inswert "the" before "finding in the next to last sentence on the page. page four- 
change invaginated to to invaginated into 
page 5- the authors seeem to mis-read or misrepresent the reference 6 to indicate that 21% of colon cancer patients have appendicieal adenomatous changes, rather than that 21% of a series of appendiceal 
adenomas were associated with colon noeplasia. This seems to be a very serious error needing 
correction if the paper is to be valid. Please check this very carefully. Page six- delete the incorrect final sentence- or try to justify it. 
Major Compulsory Revisions (that the author must respond to before a decision on publication can 
be reached) 
 Unable to decide on acceptance or rejection until the authors have Advice on publication: 
responded to the major compulsory revisions 
 A paper whose findings are important to those with closely related research Level of interest: 
interests 
 Needs some language corrections before being published Quality of written English: 
Declaration of competing interests: 
none 
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