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| Study | Microvascular pattern |
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Yao, 2013 [8] | Regular microvascular pattern | Closed- or open-looped with a uniform shape
Homogeneous morphology
Symmetrical distribution
Regular arrangement |
| Irregular microvascular pattern | Different shapes: closed-looped (polygonal), open-looped, tortuous, branched, bizarrely shaped
Heterogeneous morphology
Asymmetrical distribution
Irregular arrangement |
| Absent microvascular pattern | Subepithelial microvascular pattern is obscured
Presence of a white opaque substance (WOS) |
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| | Microsurface pattern |
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| Yao, 2013 [8] | Regular microsurface pattern | Shape of marginal crypt epithelium:
uniform linear/curved/oval/circular structure
Homogeneous morphology
Symmetrical distribution
Regular arrangement
Regular WOS |
| Irregular microsurface pattern | Shape of marginal crypt epithelium:
irregular linear/curved/oval/circular structure
Heterogeneous morphology
Asymmetrical distribution
Irregular arrangement
Irregular WOS |
| Absent microsurface pattern | No marginal crypt epithelial structure
No WOS are visible |
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| Yokoyama et al., 2010 [9] | Abnormal microvascular irregular superficial glandular pattern | Fine network pattern
Corkscrew pattern
Intralobular loop pattern-1
Intralobular loop pattern-2 |
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| | Microvascular features | Fine mucosal structural features |
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| Kaise et al., 2009 [10] | Dilation
Abrupt caliber alteration | Absence |
Denseness
Heterogeneity in shape | Micrification |
| Tortuousness | Heterogeneity |
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| Nakayoshi et al., 2004 [11] | Microvascular pattern | A fine network pattern
A corkscrew pattern
An unclassified pattern |
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