title: International grading scheme for acute cellular rejection in small-bowel transplantation: single-center experience.
abstract: A standardized grading scheme for the assessment of acute cellular rejection (ACR) in small-intestine transplantation was proposed in 2003 at the Eighth International Small Intestinal Transplantation Symposium. We have implemented the current grading scheme for ACR in small-bowel transplantation since October 2003. The pathologic diagnoses of those small-intestine biopsy samples, including ACR grade and other supplementary findings were evaluated. A total of 3484 small intestine biopsy samples from 155 patients were available for evaluation in this study. Frequency of grades 0, indeterminate, 1, 2, and 3 acute cellular rejection was 33.9%, 49.1%, 12.6%, 3.7%, and 0.8%, respectively. Duration of ACR episode strongly correlated with grade of ACR episode (P < .001). Other supplementary findings included acute vascular rejection component, 2.2%; increase in lymphoplasmacytic infiltrate in lamina propria, 15.7%; mucosal fibrosis, 0.4%; and regenerative changes, 0.3%. Our data substantiate that this grading system is reliable and useful for clinical decision making in bowel transplantation. We suggest that an assessment and quantification of supplementary findings be considered a component of the International Pathology Grading Scheme.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA. pruiz@med.miami.edu
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ruiz
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Delacruz
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Island
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Selvaggi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nishida
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Moon
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Asaoka
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Levi
authors.forename: A
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authors.lastname: Tekin
authors.forename: A G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Tzakis
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D001706:Biopsy; D006084:Graft Rejection / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D007421:Intestine, Small / Q000473:pathology / Q000637:transplantation*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous; D014781:Viscera / Q000637:transplantation