Kudo’s Pit Pattern for the Endoscopic Diagnosis of Colorectal Neoplasia238
Pit pattern classification | Type I | Type II | Type IIIS | Type IIIL | Type IV | Type Vi | Type VN |
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Description | Round (normal) pits | Asteroid pits | Tubular or round pits, smaller than the normal pits | Tubular or round pits, larger than normal pits | Branched or gyrus-like pits | Irregular arrangement and sizes of type IIIS, IIIL, IV pit patterns | Amorphous or non-structural pit patterns |
Most likely histology | Normal | Hyperplastic polyp |
Adenoma Intramucosal carcinoma | Adenoma | Adenoma Intramucosal carcinoma | Intramucosal cancer |
Deep submucosal cancer |