Research Article
Esophageal Capsule Endoscopy for Screening Esophageal Varices among Japanese Patients with Liver Cirrhosis
Table 1
General rules for recording endoscopic findings of esophagogastric varices, as published by the Japanese Society for Portal Hypertension (2004) [
16].
| Form (F) Shape and size | F0: lesions assuming no varicose appearance | F1: straight small-calibered varices | F2: moderately enlarged, beady varices | F3: markedly enlarged, nodular, or tumor-shaped Varices) |
| Red color sign (RC) | Red wale marking, cherry Red Spot, hematocytic spot | RC0: absent | RC1: small in number and localized | RC2: intermediate between 1 and 3 | RC3: large in number and circumferential |
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