TABLE 1.
System used to score the different pathology types
Pathology type | Score | Scoring criteria |
---|---|---|
Edema | 0 | Normal appearance |
1 | Minimal focal perivascular or interstitial | |
2 | Mild focal perivascular or interstitial | |
3 | Moderate focal to locally extensive, perivascular, and interstitial | |
4 | Marked with a >25% section affected, focally to locally extensive, perivascular, and interstitial | |
Hemorrhage | 0 | None |
1 | Mild (focal) | |
2 | Moderate with up to 25% section affected, mild/focal or locally extensive | |
3 | Marked with a >25% section affected, focal to locally extensive | |
Infiltrate | 0 | None |
1 | Minimal with less than three vessels affected, up to three layers of cells surrounding | |
2 | Mild with 3 to 10 vessels, up to three layers, no interstitial infiltrates | |
3 | Moderate with 10 or more vessels, three layers or more, focal/patchy interstitial | |
4 | Marked with numerous vessels and/or extensive areas of interstitial infiltrates | |
Necrosis | 0 | None |
2 | Mild with focal necrosis and a <10% section affected | |
3 | Moderate with mild/focal to locally extensive, >10% to 25% affected | |
4 | Marked with focal to locally extensive, >25% affected, large areas of consolidation |