Esophageal Capsule Endoscopy for Screening Esophageal Varices among Japanese Patients with Liver Cirrhosis

Table 1

General rules for recording endoscopic findings of esophagogastric varices, as published by the Japanese Society for Portal Hypertension (2004) [16].

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Form (F) Shape and size

F0: lesions assuming no varicose appearance

F1: straight small-calibered varices

F2: moderately enlarged, beady varices

F3: markedly enlarged, nodular, or tumor-shaped Varices)

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Red color sign (RC)

Red wale marking, cherry Red Spot, hematocytic spot

RC0: absent

RC1: small in number and localized

RC2: intermediate between 1 and 3

RC3: large in number and circumferential

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