Posttraumatic Intramuscular Nodular Fasciitis in a 7-Year-Old Boy: Case Report and Review of the Literature

Review Data

Q: Is the topic relevant to the journal area of interest? Is it contemporary and interesting for

researchers?

A: Good

Abstract & Keywords

Q: Are all required components included in the abstract? Are the keywords appropriately chosen?

A: Good

Goal

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A: Good

Structure

Q: Is the paper's structure coherent? Is it in coherence with the goal of the paper?

A: Good

Tools and Methods

Q: Are methods the author uses adequate and well used?

A: Good

Discussion & Conclusion

Q: Is it related to the results presented before? Do you consider them as coherent?

A: Good

Comments: The Discussion elaborates nodular fasciitis with its site of occurrence, its morphological spectrum, and frequency of appearance among the population providing relevant literature. This further highlights that the newer publications indicated the possibility of malignant transformation in isolated cases, so there is a need to establish the complete surgical resection as the therapy of choice.

Literature

Q: Does the author utilize relevant literature?

A: Very Good

Author's knowledge

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A: Good

Length

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A: Good

Figures & Tables

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A: Good

Writing style

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A: Good

Comments: There are certain errors found in the manuscript which are as follows:

·       In Abstract, 5^th sentence, “the primary complete resection has also to be discussed” can be reframed as “the complete primary resection also has to be discussed”.

·       In Case report, 1^st paragraph, 2^nd sentence, “The parents report on a swelling of the young boy’s left shoulder/pectoralis muscle” must be written as “The parents reported swelling of the young boy’s left shoulder/pectoralis muscle”.

·       Other than the above two points, there were few grammatical errors that have been modified.

Further comments on the paper

Comments: This Case Report presents a 7-year-old boy with posttraumatic intramuscular nodular fasciitis. After all histopathological investigation and clinical imaging, an incisional biopsy was suggested. Later a complete surgical resection with the preservation of the muscle was performed to treat the disease.

Q: Would you recommend this manuscript for further publication?

A: Yes - Suitable to be published

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