Table 5. Follow-up liver biopsies with C4d immunolabeling.
| patient no. | Days after index biopsy | DSA | C4d immunolabeling | ACR | Ductopenia | Specific antibody-following the biopsy | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PC&PS | PV | S | THV | HA | ||||||
| 4 | 0 | I+II | dif | + | foc | − | − | Mild | + | Splenectomy IVG PP |
| 913 | Decreased | foc | − | − | − | − | − | − | ||
| 9 | 0 | II | dif | + | − | + | − | Mild | - | |
| 14 | Decreased | dif | − | − | − | − | − | − | ||
| 12 | 0 | II | dif | + | − | − | − | Severe | − | |
| 11 | NA | dif | − | − | − | − | Mild | |||
| 13 | 0 | II | dif | − | − | − | v | Severe | − | IVG |
| 90 | Unchanged | foc | − | − | − | − | − | − | ||
| 14 | 0 | I | dif | − | − | − | − | Mild | + | IVG PP |
| 211 | Decreased | n.p. | − | − | − | − | − | + | IVG PP | |
| 377 | Decreased | 1 | 1 | foc | + | − | − | 2 | ||
| 540 | Decreased | dif | + | + | − | − | + | |||
| 950 | Decreased | foc | − | − | − | − | − | − | ||
1
No portal tracts represented in this biopsy section.
2
Only three portal tracts represented in the specimen, with either absent or damaged bile ducts.
3
Autopsy examination of the liver, patient died of cryptococcosis.
n.p. = C4d stain not performed; IVG = intravenous immunoglobulin; PP = plasmapheresis.