Review Article

Capsule Endoscopy for Portal Hypertensive Enteropathy

Table 3

Currently available scoring systems using various modalities.

YearFirst authorScoring modalityMethodEach type

2014Jeon [17]CTOne point for each type of CT finding (a maximum score: six points)(1) EVs or GVs
(2) Other collateral circulations (e.g., periumbilical varices)
(3) PHG or PHC
(4) Portal hypertensive cholecystopathy
(5) Splenomegaly
(6) Ascites

2010Abdelaal [10]CEOne point for each type of lesion; two points for each type if it is multiple (>2 lesions) (a maximum score: eight points)(1) Red spots
(2) Angioectasias
(3) Small bowel varices
(4) Inflammatory-like lesions

2008Kodama [11]DBEOne point for each type of lesion (a maximum score: six points)(1) Edema of villi
(2) Atrophy of villi
(3) Reddening of villi
(4) Angiodysplasia-like lesions
(5) Dilated/proliferated vessels
(6) Varices

CT: computed tomography; EVs: esophageal varices; GVs: gastric varices; PHG: portal hypertensive gastropathy; PHC: portal hypertensive colopathy; CE: capsule endoscopy; DBE: double-balloon enteroscopy.