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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Jun 8.
Published in final edited form as: Hum Pathol. 2020 Oct 8;107:20–28. doi: 10.1016/j.humpath.2020.09.015

Table 2.

Clinical and histological findings of dysplastic and macroregenerative nodules

Case Specimen Age M/F Liver disease Fibrosis Size (cm) Diagnosis Immuno-histochemistry
1 Liver explant 58 M Cryptogenic cirrhosis 0.9 Macro-regenerative nodule Ki67, less than 1%
GP3 negative
GS negative
AFP negative
Retic intact
Bcat negative
2 Liver explant 20 M PSC-AIH overlap Bridging fibrosis to cirrhosis 0.5 Dysplastic nodule, low grade Ki67, 1%
GP3 negative
GS negative
AFP negative
Retic intact
Bcat negative
3 Liver explant 20 M PSC-AIH overlap Bridging fibrosis to cirrhosis 0.4 Dysplastic nodule, low grade Ki67, 1%
GP3 negative
GS negative
AFP negative
Retic intact
Bcat negative
4 Liver explant 20 M PSC-AIH overlap Bridging fibrosis to cirrhosis 0.5 Dysplastic nodule, low grade Ki67, 1%
GP3 negative
GS negative
AFP negative
Retic intact
Bcat negative
5 Liver explant 62 M Chronic hepatitis C and a focus of well diff HCC Cirrhosis 0.8 Macro-regenerative nodule Ki67, 1%
GP3 negative
GS negative
AFP negative
Retic intact
Bcat negative
6 Liver explant 64 M Steatohepatitis and multifocal HCC cirrhosis 0.9 Dysplastic nodule, low grade Ki67, 1%
GP3 negative
GS negative
AFP negative
Retic intact
Bcat negative
7 Liver explant 64 M Steatohepatitis and multifocal HCC cirrhosis 0.5 Dysplastic nodule, low grade Ki67, 1%
GP3 negative
GS negative
AFP negative
Retic focal equivocal loss
Bcat negative
8 Liver explant 64 M Steatohepatitis and multifocal HCC cirrhosis 0.6 Dysplastic nodule, low grade Ki67, 1%
GP3 negative
GS negative
AFP negative
Retic focal equivocal loss
Bcat negative

GP3: Glypican 3

AFP: alpha fetoprotein

Bcat: beta catenin nuclear staining

GS: glutamine synthetase

Retic: reticulin

PSC: Primary sclerosing cholangitis

AIH: Autoimmune hepatitis

HCC: Hepatocellular carcinoma