
- Published: July 23, 2020
- By: Joel Murphy, MD
- Tags: Banff, ci score, polyomavirus, pvl score, PVN, Transplant
ANSWER: C The answer is C, Polyomavirus Nephropathy, Banff Class 3. The Banff Working Group Classification was created by Nickeleit et al. to provide a classification scheme to aid communication, better standardize reporting of polyomavirus nephropathy, and provide a way for better comparative analysis of cases going forward. The classification is broken into three classes, Banff Class 1-3. This case highlights an example of a Polyomavirus Nephropathy, Banff Class 3 with a pvl score of 3 and ci (fibrosis) score of 2. Based on this score, the findings of the Banff working group showed that approximately 50% of these patients...