Diagnosis of renal transplant rejection: Banff classification and beyond

International standardization of criteria for the histologic diagnosis of renal allograft rejection: the Banff working classification of kidney transplant pathology.

A group of renal pathologists, nephrologists, and transplant surgeons met in Banff, Canada on August 2-4, 1991 to develop a schema for international standardization of nomenclature and criteria for the histologic diagnosis of renal allograft rejection. Development continued after the meeting and the schema was validated by the circulation of sets of slides for scoring by participant pathologist...

Antibody-mediated rejection criteria - an addition to the Banff 97 classification of renal allograft rejection.

Antibody-mediated rejection (AbAR) is increasingly recognized in the renal allograft population, and successful therapeutic regimens have been developed to prevent and treat AbAR, enabling excellent outcomes even in patients highly sensitized to the donor prior to transplant. It has become critical to develop standardized criteria for the pathological diagnosis of AbAR. This article presents in...

Renal Transplant Rejection

Introduction: Determining if the cause of renal allograft dysfunction in the early post transplant period is due to rejection or other reasons is a daunting task for the clinician. Clinical signs and symptoms alone are not helpful in clearly distinguishing the numerous causes of renal dysfunction. Various noninvasive tests including imaging studies have also been unsuccessful in distinguishing ...

Evaluation of the Banff criteria for the histological diagnosis of rejection in renal allograft biopsies.

A UK-wide trial of the Banff classification of renal transplant pathology in routine diagnostic practice.

BACKGROUND The Banff classification of renal transplant pathology has gained wide support since its introduction in 1993. There have been several studies which have tested its usefulness in the context of research-oriented centres. We sought to evaluate its use in a wider context. METHODS We recruited pathologists from all but one of the renal transplant centres in the UK. Sections were circu...