Los Angeles Classification of Esophagitis *
Grade A Mucosal break < 5 mm in length
Grade B Mucosal break > 5mm
Grade C Mucosal break continuous between > 2
mucosal folds
Grade D Mucosal break > 75% of esophageal
circumference
* Lund ell L, Dent J, Bennett J, et al. Endoscopic assessment of esophagitis:
clinical and functional correlates and further validation of Los Angeles classification.
Gut 1999; 45:172-80
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