Revised Vienna classification
Gastroenterology and hepatology
Also known as: Revidierte Wien-Klassifikation (gastrointestinale Neoplasie) · Revize Viyana sınıflaması · Revised Vienna classification of gastrointestinal epithelial neoplasia
What it is for
Histological classification of epithelial neoplasia of the gastrointestinal tract, designed to bridge Western and Japanese terminology.
Classification
| Category | Description |
|---|---|
| Category 1 | negative for neoplasia |
| Category 2 | indefinite for neoplasia |
| Category 3 | mucosal low-grade neoplasia (low-grade adenoma/dysplasia) |
| Category 4 | mucosal high-grade neoplasia: 4.1 high-grade adenoma/dysplasia; 4.2 non-invasive carcinoma (carcinoma in situ); 4.3 suspicious for invasive carcinoma; 4.4 intramucosal carcinoma |
| Category 5 | submucosal invasion by carcinoma |
| Previous edition (2000) | intramucosal carcinoma was category 5.1 and submucosal carcinoma 5.2; the revision moved intramucosal carcinoma to 4.4. |
| Not to be confused with | the Vienna classification of Crohn's disease (1998), the forerunner of the Montreal classification. |
Source
Gastrointestinal epithelial neoplasia: Vienna revisited
Gut 2002;51:130–131 (Dixon MF)
DOI: 10.1136/gut.51.1.130
PMID: 12077106
- Edition
- Revised Vienna classification (Dixon 2002); original Vienna classification 2000
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