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.