Kudo pit pattern

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The Kudo pit pattern can be assessed on endoscopy and predicts the presence or absence of neoplasia and malignancy.

Tabular summary

It is as follows:[1]

Pattern Pit morphology Significance
Type I round non-neoplastic
Type II stellate or papillary non-neoplastic
Type III tubular neoplastic (adenomatous)
Type IV branch-like neoplastic (adenomatous)
Type VI irregular neoplastic (invasive)
Type VN non-structural areas neoplastic (invasive)

See also

References

  1. Kobayashi, Y.; Kudo, SE.; Miyachi, H.; Hosoya, T.; Ikehara, N.; Ohtsuka, K.; Kashida, H.; Hamatani, S. et al. (Dec 2011). "Clinical usefulness of pit patterns for detecting colonic lesions requiring surgical treatment.". Int J Colorectal Dis 26 (12): 1531-40. doi:10.1007/s00384-011-1246-0. PMID 21607587.