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. 2016 Oct 16;2016:6951693. doi: 10.1155/2016/6951693

Table 2.

The Banff 2007 working classification of skin-containing composite tissue allograft pathology [39].

Banff Grade Rejection severity Histopathological features
0 No rejection No or rare inflammatory infiltrates
1 Mild Mild perivascular infiltration and no involvement of the overlying epidermis
2 Moderate Moderate-to-severe perivascular inflammation with or without mild epidermal and/or adnexal involvement
No epidermal dyskeratosis or apoptosis
3 Severe Dense inflammation and epidermal involvement with epithelial apoptosis, dyskeratosis, and/or keratinolysis
4 Necrotizing acute rejection Frank necrosis of epidermis or other skin structures