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. 2002 Nov;4(4):191–200. doi: 10.1016/s1525-1578(10)60703-9

Table 2.

Vienna or Modified Vienna Classification of Gastrointestinal Neoplasia

Vienna classification Modified Vienna classification
Category 1 Negative for neoplasia/dysplasia Negative for neoplasia/dysplasia
Category 2 Indefinite for neoplasia/dysplasia Indefinite for neoplasia/dysplasia
Category 3 Non-invasive low grade neoplasia (low grade adenoma/dysplasia) Low grade neoplasia (low grade adenoma/dysplasia)
Category 4 Non-invasive high grade neoplasia Intramucosal borderline neoplasia
 4.1 High grade adenoma/dysplasia  4.1 High grade adenoma/dysplasia
 4.2 Non-invasive carcinoma (carcinoma in situ)  4.2 Intramucosal carcinoma, well differentiated
 4.3 Suspicion of invasive carcinoma
Category 5 Invasive neoplasia Definite carcinoma
 5.1 Intramucosal carcinoma  5.1 Intramucosal carcinoma, moderately or poorly differentiated
 5.2 Submucosal carcinoma or beyond  5.2 Submucosal carcinoma or beyond