Reviewer’s report  
 
Title:  Rare cause of severe anemia due to pyogenic granuloma in the jejunum  
 
Version:  0 Date:  01 Sep 2015    
 
Reviewer:  Paul Kelly  
 
Reviewer’s report:  
 
This is a nice description of an interesting case. The inclusion of radiology, endoscopy and 
histology (including CD31 immunostaining) make this a good case report. Two small poin ts 
should be addressed in a revised manuscript:  
 
1. There is a non -sentence in the Abstract; all sentences should contain a verb.  
 
2. Reference 4 is incomplete  
 
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 necessa ry 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 able to assess any statistics in the manuscript or would you recommend an 
additional statistical review?  
If an additional statistical review is recommended, please specify what aspects require further 
assessment in your comments to the editors.  
 
Not relevant to this manuscript  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Quality of written English  
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Acceptable  
 
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Reviewer’s report  
 
Title:  Rare cause of severe anemia due to pyogenic granuloma in the jejunum  
 
Version:  0 Date:  01 Sep 2015    
 
Reviewer:  Paul Kelly  
 
Reviewer’s report:  
 
This is a nice description of an interesting case. The inclusion of radiology, endoscopy and 
histology (including CD31 immunostaining) make this a good case report. Two small poin ts 
should be addressed in a revised manuscript:  
 
1. There is a non -sentence in the Abstract; all sentences should contain a verb.  
 
2. Reference 4 is incomplete  
 
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 necessa ry 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 able to assess any statistics in the manuscript or would you recommend an 
additional statistical review?  
If an additional statistical review is recommended, please specify what aspects require further 
assessment in your comments to the editors.  
 
Not relevant to this manuscript  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Quality of written English  
Please indicate the qualit y of language in the manuscript:  
 
Acceptable  
 
Declaration of competing interests  
Please complete a declaration of competing interests, consideri ng the following questions:  
 
1. Have you in the past five years received reimbursements, fees, funding, or salary from an 
organisation that may in any way gain or lose financially from the publication of this 
manuscript, e ither now or in the future?  
 
2. Do you hold any stocks or shares in an or ganisation that may in any way gain or lose 
financially from the publication of this manuscript, e ither now or in the future?  
 
3. Do you hold or are you currently applying for any patents relating to the  content of the 
manuscript?  
 
4. Have you re ceived reimbursements, fees, funding, or salary from an organization that 
holds or has applied for patents relating to the  content of the manuscript?  
 
5. Do you have any other fin ancial competing interests?  
 
6. Do you have any non -financial compe ting 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 compet ing interests  
 
I agree to the open peer review policy of the journal. I understand that my name will be included 
on my report to the authors and, if the manuscript is accepted for publication, my named report 
including any attachments I upload will be posted 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 commen ts 
which I do not wish to be included in my named report can be included as confidential comments 
to the editors, which will not be published.  
 
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Reviewer’s report  
 
Title:  Rare cause of severe anemia due to pyogenic granuloma in the jejunum  
 
Version:  0 Date:  01 Sep 2015    
 
Reviewer:  Paul Kelly  
 
Reviewer’s report:  
 
This is a nice description of an interesting case. The inclusion of radiology, endoscopy and 
histology (including CD31 immunostaining) make this a good case report. Two small poin ts 
should be addressed in a revised manuscript:  
 
1. There is a non -sentence in the Abstract; all sentences should contain a verb.  
 
2. Reference 4 is incomplete  
 
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 necessa ry 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 able to assess any statistics in the manuscript or would you recommend an 
additional statistical review?  
If an additional statistical review is recommended, please specify what aspects require further 
assessment in your comments to the editors.  
 
Not relevant to this manuscript  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Quality of written English  
Please indicate the qualit y of language in the manuscript:  
 
Acceptable  
 
Declaration of competing interests  
Please complete a declaration of competing interests, consideri ng the following questions:  
 
1. Have you in the past five years received reimbursements, fees, funding, or salary from an 
organisation that may in any way gain or lose financially from the publication of this 
manuscript, e ither now or in the future?  
 
2. Do you hold any stocks or shares in an or ganisation that may in any way gain or lose 
financially from the publication of this manuscript, e ither now or in the future?  
 
3. Do you hold or are you currently applying for any patents relating to the  content of the 
manuscript?  
 
4. Have you re ceived reimbursements, fees, funding, or salary from an organization that 
holds or has applied for patents relating to the  content of the manuscript?  
 
5. Do you have any other fin ancial competing interests?  
 
6. Do you have any non -financial compe ting 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 compet ing interests  
 
I agree to the open peer review policy of the journal. I understand that my name will be included 
on my report to the authors and, if the manuscript is accepted for publication, my named report 
including any attachments I upload will be posted 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 commen ts 
which I do not wish to be included in my named report can be included 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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