Clinical characteristics and treatment outcomes of acute severe autoimmune hepatitis

BMC Gastroenterology

Table 2 Histological features of the 12 patients with AS-AIH

Patients	Plasma cell infiltration	Lobular necrosis/inflammation	Interface hepatitis	Hepatic rosette	Bile duct injury
1	PC1	L1	a	a	a
2	PC1	L1	a	a	a
3	PC1	L2	a	a	a
4	PC1	L2	a	a	p
5	PC1,2	L3	p	a	p
6	PC1	a	a	a	a
7	PC1	L1	a	a	a
8	PC1	L1	a	a	a
9	PC1,2	L1	p	p	p
10	PC1,2	L3	p	a	a
11	PC1,2	L1	a	p	p
12	PC1	L4	a	a	a

PC1, lobular area; PC2, portal area
L1, centrilobular necrosis; L2 spotty necrosis; L3 bridging necrosis; L4 massive necrosis
a, absent; p, present
Fibrosis was assessed with the Batts-Ludwig scoring system (F0-4)

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