Table 2.
Clinical and histological findings of dysplastic and macroregenerative nodules
Case | Specimen | Age | M/F | Liver disease | Fibrosis | Size (cm) | Diagnosis | Immuno-histochemistry |
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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