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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Nov 3.
Published in final edited form as: N Engl J Med. 1981 Jul 30;305(5):266–269. doi: 10.1056/NEJM198107303050507

Table 3.

Histopathologic Findings in Nine Patients.

Patient No. Date of Operation Date of Biopsy Findings
1 9 March 1980 9 May 1980 Mild cellular rejection
6 Aug 1980 Few tiny foci of necrosis; otherwise normal
2 10 March 1980 1 April 1980 Acute cellular rejection
16 April 1980 Cytomegalovirus hepatitis
30 April 1980 Recovering from cytomegalovirus hepatitis
11 June 1980 Very early fibrosis
18 Sept 1980 As in fourth biopsy, but with superimposed acute cellular rejection
3 21 March 1980 22 April 1980 Acute cellular rejection
11 June 1980 Low-grade cellular rejection
4 25 March 1981 10 May 1981 Recurrent Budd–Chiari syndrome
5 13 April 1980 30 April 1980 Acute cellular rejection
6 May 1980 Acute cellular rejection
6 14 May 1980 11 June 1980 Acute cellular rejection
6 March 1981 Normal
9 5 June 1980 2 March 1980 Acute cellular rejection
11 17 Sept 1980 5 Oct 1980 * Widespread liver necrosis
12 28 Sept 1980 14 Oct 1980 Small focal infarcts & cholangitis
4 Nov 1980 Early fibrosis & changes suggestive of some bile-duct obstruction
*

Date of autopay.

Hepatic-artery thrombosis.