Rectal Cancer: Asynchronous Metastasis to the Temporal Bone, Temporomandibular Joint and Middle Ear

Review Data

Purpose and Significance of Study: The manuscript depicts the case of a 54-year-old woman with metastasis to the temporal bone, temporomandibular joint and middle ear, 3 years after the original diagnosis of rectal cancer. This is a rare case. The report also offers suggestions for prevention and management of such cases.

Fit with Scope of Journal: The manuscript is of very high interest for the journal Surgical Case Reports.

o   Some minor changes (already corrected in the galley proof) are required in the text, which are listed below –

 

·       A common error is in the usage of “however”. “;” must be inserted before and “,” after “however” in the 6^th sentence of the Abstract, the last sentence of Introduction and the 2^nd sentence in the 5^th paragraph of Case Presentation.

 

In the Title –

·       “TMJ” must be replaced with “temporomandibular joint”, and “the” before “middle ear” must be removed.

In the Abstract –

·       In the 11^th sentence, “,” after “finding” must be removed, and “even more scarcely reported invading into the temporal bone” must be replaced with “an invasion into the temporal bone is even more scarcely reported”.

In the Introduction –

·       In the 3^rd sentence, “the” must be inserted before “staging”.

·       In the last sentence, “presentation” must be replaced with “presentations”.

In the Case Presentation –

  In the 1^st paragraph –

·       In the 1^st sentence, “54 year old” must be replaced with “54-year-old”.

·       In the 2^nd sentence, “,” after “year” must be removed.

·       In the 4^th sentence, “pack year” must be hyphenated.

·       In the last sentence, “well nourished” must be hyphenated.

  In the 3^rd paragraph –

·       In the 4^th sentence, “,” in both places must be removed.

  In the 4^th paragraph –

·       In the 2^nd sentence, “,” must be removed and placed after “pelvis”.

·       In the 3^rd sentence, “gastrografin” is misspelled.

  In the 8^th paragraph –

·       “maxillo facial” must be written as a single word.

In the Discussion –

  In the 1^st paragraph –

·       In the 2^nd sentence, “,” must be inserted after “bone”.

  In the 2^nd paragraph –

·       In the 1^st sentence, “most common the liver” must be replaced with “(the most common being the liver)”.

  In the 3^rd paragraph –

·       In the last sentence, “vasculature” is misspelled.

  In the last paragraph –

·       In the 2^nd sentence, “to be” must be inserted after “deemed”.

·       In the 7^th sentence, “century old” must be hyphenated.

·       In the last sentence, “suspicious” must be replaced with “suspicion”, and “a” before “truly” must be replaced with “the”.

Author Info

Aiva Mahmood Ali Mahmood Nasrullah Manji

Corresponding Author

Ali Mahmood
Assistant Professor of Clinical Surgery, Institute of Academic Medicine, Houston Methodist Hospitals System, Texas, USA

Article Info

Article Type

Case Report

Publication history

Received: Wed 08, Apr 2020
Accepted: Thu 23, Apr 2020
Published: Mon 27, Apr 2020

Copyright

© 2023 Ali Mahmood. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Hosting by Science Repository.
DOI: 10.31487/j.SCR.2020.04.08