Table 2 Histopathological graduation of fibrosis in AF
From: Expression of xylosyltransferases I and II and their role in the pathogenesis of arthrofibrosis
Grade 1 | |
Low-grade fibroblastic cellularity; distance between fibroblasts is more than 2 cell lengths (of fibroblasts). | |
Grade 2 | |
Medium-grade fibroblastic cellularity; distance between 2 fibroblasts is less than 2 cell lengths (of fibroblasts). | |
Grade 3 | |
High-grade fibroblastic cellularity; the distance between fibroblasts is less than one cell length (of fibroblasts); cytoplasm and nuclei of fibroblasts may be in contact. |