Table 3

Endoscopic scores for ulcerative colitis

Score [ref]
0
1
2
3
4

Baron [ 21]
Normal: matt mucosa, ramifying vascular patter clearly visible, no spontaneous bleeding, no bleeding to light touch
Abnormal, but non-haemorrhagic: appearances between 0 and 2
Moderately haemorrhagic: bleeding to light touch, but no spontaneous bleeding seen ahead of the instrument on initial inspection
Severely haemorrhagic: spontaneous bleeding seen ahead of instrument at initial inspection and bleeds to light touch
-
Powell-Tuck [4]
Non-haemorrhagic (no bleeding spontaneously or on light touch)
Haemorrhagic (bleeding on light touch, but no spontaneous bleeding ahead of instrument)
Haemorrhagic (spontaneous bleeding seen ahead of instrument on initial inspection and bleeding to light touch)
-
-
Rachmilewitz [7]
No granulation scattering light, normal vascular pattern, no mucosal vulnerability, no mucosal damage (mucus, fibrin, exudates, ulcer)
Faded or disturbed vascular pattern
Granulation scattering light, completely absent vascular pattern, contact bleeding, slight mucosal damage
Spontaneous bleeding,, pronounced mucosal damage
-
Lémann [16]
Normal mucosa
Oedema and/or loss of mucosal vascularity, granularity
Friability (visible, induced bleeding on examination), petechiae
Spontaneous haemorrhage, visible ulcers
-
Schroeder [5]
Normal or inactive disease
Mild (erythema, decreased vascular pattern, mild friability)
Moderate (marked erythema, absent vascular pattern, friability, erosions)
Severe (spontaneous bleeding, ulceration)
-
Sutherland [6]
Normal
Mild friability
Moderate friability
Exudation, spontaneous haemorrhage
-
Feagan [14]
Normal, smooth, glistening mucosa, with vascular pattern visible; not friable
Granular mucosa; vascular pattern not visible; not friable; hyperaemia
As 1, with a friable mucosa, but not spontaneously bleeding
As 2, but mucosa spontaneously bleeding
As 3, but clear ulceration; denuded mucosa

Cooney et al. Trials 2007 8:17   doi:10.1186/1745-6215-8-17