Table 2.
Histological and immunohistological characteristics of the PBC, CH-C, AIH, PSC and GVHD livers
| PBC n=26 | CH-C n=27 | AIH n=8 | PSC n=8 | GVHD n=9 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. of cases | % | No. of cases | % | No. of cases | % | No. of cases | % | No. of cases | % | |
| CNSDC | 13 | (50.0) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Granuloma | 6 | (23.1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lymph follicle-like infiltration* | 6 | (23.1) | 12 | (44.4) | 2 | (25.0) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Infiltration of CD4+ cells into cholangioepithelium* | 16 | (61.5) | 0 | 0 | 1 | (12.5) | 2 | (25.0) | 0 | 0 |
| Infiltration of CD8+ cells into cholangioepithelium* | 7 | (26.9) | 4 | (14.8) | 3 | (37.5) | 1 | (12.5) | 7 | (77.8*) |
| Coronal arrangement of CD38+ cells | 13 | (50.0) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | (11.1) |
| Coronal arrangement of IgG+ cells | 5 | (19.2) | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Coronal arrangement of IgM+ cells | 8 | (30.8) | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Coronal arrangement of IgG+ and IgM+ cells | 3 | (11.5) | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
*
Statistical significance with Chi-square tests: p=0.0221 compared to PBC and p=0.0017 compared to that in CH-C and p=0.0275 compared to that in PSC.