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. 2022 Jul 26;20(3):281–290. doi: 10.5217/ir.2021.00169

Table 1.

Kudo Classification of Pit Pattern[38]

Pit pattern Description Suggested pathology
Type I Round pits Normal
Type II Asteroid pits Hyperplastic polyp, sessile serrated lesion
Type IIIS Tubular or round pits, smaller than the normal pits Adenoma, intramucosal carcinoma
Type IIIL Tubular or round pits, larger than the normal pits Adenoma
Type IV Branched or gyrus-like pits Adenoma, intramucosal carcinoma
Type VI Irregular arrangement and sizes of type IIIS, IIIL, IV pit patterns Intramucosal cancer, superficial submucosal cancer
Type VN Amorphous or non-structural pits patterns Deep submucosal cancer