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Published in final edited form as: Clin Liver Dis. 2014 May;18(2):389–406. doi: 10.1016/j.cld.2014.01.008

Table 3.

Endoscopic classification of portal hypertensive colopathy

	Yamakado et al,⁷⁰ 1995	Ito et al,⁶ 2005	Bini et al,⁵ 2000
Definition of PHC	Vascular ectasia or diffuse red spots + ≥3 of the following: vascular irregularity, vascular dilatation (>3 mm vein), solitary red spots, and hemorrhoid	Vascular ectasia, redness and blue vein	Colitis-like abnormalities and/or vascular lesions

Endoscopic appearance	Type 1: flat, fern-like vascular (spider) lesion	Type 1: solitary vascular ectasia	Grade 1: erythema of colonic mucosa
	Type 2: flat, slightly elevated red lesion of <10 mm in diameter or a cherry-red lesion	Type 2: diffuse vascular ectasia	Grade 2: erythema of the colonic mucosa with mosaic-like pattern
	Type 3: slightly elevated submucosal tumor-like lesion with central red color and depression		Grade 3: vascular lesions including cherry-red spots, telangiectasias or angiodysplasia-like lesions

Abbreviation: PHC, portal hypertensive colopathy.