title: [Endoscopic classification of reflux esophagitis].
abstract: A new endoscopic classification of reflux esophagitis was proposed in Los Angeles in 1994(LA classification). A mucosal break was defined as 'an area of slough or an area of erythema with a discrete lined demarcation from the adjacent or normal looking mucosa'. Reflux esophagitis is divided into four grades according to the severity of its mucosal break. We can find a minimal change during endoscopy which is not a mucosal break but is histologically or chromographically reflux esophagitis. I think Los Angeles classification must include the minimal change and I propose a modification of LA classification which includes the minimal change as grade M and the esophagus without any minimal change and mucosal break as grade N.
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterology, Toranomon Hospital.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hoshihara
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hashimoto
mesh_terms: D004942:Esophagitis, Peptic / Q000145:classification* / Q000473:pathology; D004945:Esophagoscopy; D006801:Humans