Reviewer's report 
 A rare case of ascending colon actinomycosis mimicking cancer Title: 
 1  30 August 2004 Version: Date: 
 Rumelia Koren Reviewer: 
Reviewer's report: 
This is a nice case report of a rare case of colonic actinomycosis. How ever few minor essential 
corrections are required. 
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Major Compulsory Revisions (that the author must respond to before a decision on publication can be reached) 
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Minor Essential Revisions (such as missing labels on figures, or the wrong use of a term, which the author can be trusted to correct) 
1. Along the hole case report the missleadind term " malignant inflammatory tumor" has been used. 
The wright terms should be euther "Malignant tumor" or " Inflamatory pseudo tumor". 2. Refference No. 3 is not mentioned in the text. 3. Lines 10-11 on page 3 is not relevant to refference 2. 
4. Line 13, page 3 - The treatment of choice is antibiotic theray when ever possible and not surgical 
one. 5. Case report, page 3 line 3 the term " the past medical history was free should be re write. 6. Line 3, page 4 - "Arterial pressure" should be replaced by " Arterial blood pressure". 
7. Line 1 page 6 should be revised. 
8. Fig. 2 should be replaced by more representative figure with higher magnitude focusing on the "sulfure granules". 
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Discretionary Revisions (which the author can choose to ignore) 
 Accept after minor essential revisions What next?: 
 An article of importance in its field Level of interest: 
 Needs some language corrections before being published Quality of written English: 
 No Statistical review: 
Declaration of competing interests: 
None 
Reviewer's report 
 A rare case of ascending colon actinomycosis mimicking cancer Title: 
 1  30 August 2004 Version: Date: 
 Rumelia Koren Reviewer: 
Reviewer's report: 
This is a nice case report of a rare case of colonic actinomycosis. How ever few minor essential 
corrections are required. 
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Major Compulsory Revisions (that the author must respond to before a decision on publication can be reached) 
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
Minor Essential Revisions (such as missing labels on figures, or the wrong use of a term, which the author can be trusted to correct) 
1. Along the hole case report the missleadind term " malignant inflammatory tumor" has been used. 
The wright terms should be euther "Malignant tumor" or " Inflamatory pseudo tumor". 2. Refference No. 3 is not mentioned in the text. 3. Lines 10-11 on page 3 is not relevant to refference 2. 
4. Line 13, page 3 - The treatment of choice is antibiotic theray when ever possible and not surgical 
one. 5. Case report, page 3 line 3 the term " the past medical history was free should be re write. 6. Line 3, page 4 - "Arterial pressure" should be replaced by " Arterial blood pressure". 
7. Line 1 page 6 should be revised. 
8. Fig. 2 should be replaced by more representative figure with higher magnitude focusing on the "sulfure granules". 
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
Discretionary Revisions (which the author can choose to ignore) 
 Accept after minor essential revisions What next?: 
 An article of importance in its field Level of interest: 
 Needs some language corrections before being published Quality of written English: 
 No Statistical review: 
Declaration of competing interests: 
None 
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Reviewer's report 
 A rare case of ascending colon actinomycosis mimicking cancer Title: 
 1  30 August 2004 Version: Date: 
 Rumelia Koren Reviewer: 
Reviewer's report: 
This is a nice case report of a rare case of colonic actinomycosis. How ever few minor essential 
corrections are required. 
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Major Compulsory Revisions (that the author must respond to before a decision on publication can be reached) 
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
Minor Essential Revisions (such as missing labels on figures, or the wrong use of a term, which the author can be trusted to correct) 
1. Along the hole case report the missleadind term " malignant inflammatory tumor" has been used. 
The wright terms should be euther "Malignant tumor" or " Inflamatory pseudo tumor". 2. Refference No. 3 is not mentioned in the text. 3. Lines 10-11 on page 3 is not relevant to refference 2. 
4. Line 13, page 3 - The treatment of choice is antibiotic theray when ever possible and not surgical 
one. 5. Case report, page 3 line 3 the term " the past medical history was free should be re write. 6. Line 3, page 4 - "Arterial pressure" should be replaced by " Arterial blood pressure". 
7. Line 1 page 6 should be revised. 
8. Fig. 2 should be replaced by more representative figure with higher magnitude focusing on the "sulfure granules". 
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
Discretionary Revisions (which the author can choose to ignore) 
 Accept after minor essential revisions What next?: 
 An article of importance in its field Level of interest: 
 Needs some language corrections before being published Quality of written English: 
 No Statistical review: 
Declaration of competing interests: 
None 
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