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. 2023 Jun 24. Online ahead of print. doi: 10.1016/j.humpath.2023.06.008

Table 2.

Microscopic findings in 40 lung explants from 20 post-acute COVID-19 syndrome undergoing bilateral orthotopic lung transplantation.


Parenchymal
Airways
Vascular
Interstitial fibrosis NOS NSIP fibrotic pattern NSIP cellular pattern Focal microscopic honeycombing Cysts with fibrosis Acute alveolitis Multinucleated giant cells Peribronchiolar metaplasia Obliterative bronchiolitis Alveolar hemosiderosis Thrombosis
Case1 4+ 4+ 4+ 0 0 0 1+ 4+ 1+ 4+ 1+
Case2 3+ 1+ 4+ 0 1+ 2+ 2+ 3+ 0 4+ 0
Case3 4+ 1+ 4+ 0 0 0 2+ 4+ 1+ 4+ 1+
Case4 4+ 1+ 4+ 1+ 1+ 0 1+ 4+ 0 4+ 0
Case5 4+ 4+ 4+ 0 0 1+ 2+ 4+ 1+ 3+ 2+
Case6 4+ 4+ 4+ 1+ 0 3+ 1+ 4+ 0 4+ 3+
Case7 4+ 4+ 3+ 0 3+ 4+ 3+ 0 0 3+ 1+
Case8 4+ 4+ 1+ 0 0 4+ 2+ 2+ 0 4+ 0
Case9 4+ 4+ 4+ 1+ 1+ 0 2+ 3+ 1+ 4+ 0
Case10 4+ 1+ 4+ 0 0 0 0 2+ 0 4+ 0
Case11 4+ 4+ 1+ 0 4+ 1+ 1+ 3+ 0 0 0
Case12 4+ 1+ 4+ 0 0 1+ 2+ 4+ 3+ 0 0
Case13 4+ 4+ 4+ 0 0 1+ 1+ 4+ 0 1+ 0
Case14 4+ 4+ 4+ 0 0 2+ 0 4+ 0 0 1+
Case15 4+ 1+ 4+ 0 2+ 0 2+ 1+ 0 0 0
Case16 4+ 1+ 4+ 0 0 0 1+ 4+ 1+ 4+ 1+
Case17 4+ 1+ 4+ 0 1+ 4+ 1+ 4+ 0 4+ 0
Case18 4+ 4+ 4+ 1+ 2+ 0 2+ 4+ 0 1+ 0
Case19 4+ 4+ 4+ 0 1+ 0 4+ 4+ 0 4+ 0
Case20 4+ 1+ 4+ 1+ 0 0 0 4+ 0 4+ 0

1 Abbreviations: NOS: Not otherwise specified, NSIP: Nonspecific interstitial pneumonia.