Figure 3.
Subendothelial infiltration of the portal and/or central veins, also
known as endotheliitis, is a
useful feature for establishing the diagnosis of acute rejection,
although it is not always present.
As shown in this figure, lymphocytes are located between the
hypertrophied venous endothelium
and the underlying connective tissue matrix. In the
Banff schema, the venous
inflammation
shown here would receive a score of "1", if similar changes were
present in more than an
occasional, but not a majority of veins. Mild bile duct injury is also
evident(arrow).
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