Table 2.
Scale for microscopic damage score (24)
| Characteristics | Score |
|---|---|
| Epithelium (E) | |
| Normal morphology | 0 |
| Loss of goblet cells | 1 |
| Loss of goblet cells in large area | 2 |
| Loss of crypts | 3 |
| Loss of crypts in large areas | 4 |
| Infiltration (I) | |
| No infiltrate | 0 |
| Infiltrate around crypt basis | 1 |
| Infiltrate reaching to L. muscularis mucosa | 2 |
| Extensive infiltration reaching to L. muscularis mucosa and thickening of the mucosa with abundant | 3 |
| Edema | |
| Infiltration of the L. submucosa | 4 |
| Total microscopic score represents the sum of the E + I score | Total score |