Table 4. Endoscopic features of non-ampullary duodenal lesions.
Lesion type | Endoscopic features of lesions | Anatomic localization ordered by frequency in the duodenum | Paris endoscopic classification | No. of patients (%) | Spigelman stage | Histology |
1a | Flat elevated whitish lesions, < 10 mm | 2nd, 3rd portion and bulb | 0 – IIa | 37/62 (59.7 %) | I, II, III, IV | Tubular adenomas with low grade dysplasia |
1b | Flat elevated whitish lesions, > 10 mm | 2nd, 3rd portion and bulb | 0 – IIa | 7/13 (53.8 %) | III, IV | Tubular or tubulovillous adenomas with low grade dysplasia |
2a | Flat elevated whitish lesions, with reddish central depression, 3 – 10 mm | 2nd and 3rd portion | 0 – IIa + IIc | 4/13 (30.8 %) | III, IV | Tubular or tubulovillous adenomas with low grade dysplasia, tubular adenomas with high grade dysplasia |
2b | Flat elevated whitish lesions, with reddish central depression, 10 – 50 mm |
2nd portion and bulb | 0 – IIa + IIc | 3/13 (23.1 %) | III, IV | Tubulovillous adenomas with low or high grade dysplasia |
3 | Sessile polypoid lesions, 10 – 40 mm | 2nd portion and bulb | 0 – Is | 1/13 (7.7 %) | IV | Tubulovillous adenomas with high grade dysplasia |