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Urine cytology specimen demonstrating the findings associated with polyomavirus-associated nephropathy
Urine cytology specimen demonstrating the findings associated with polyomavirus-associated nephropathy
(A) Urine cytology specimen depicting scattered "decoy cells" with ground-glass, homogeneous nuclear inclusions (Papanicolaou, ×1000).
(B) Urine cytology specimen depicting vesicular variant decoy cells with enlarged nuclei with clumped, irregular chromatin (Papanicolaou, ×1000).
(C) Urine cytology specimen with tubular casts containing numerous compacted
decoy cells indicative of polyomavirus-associated nephropathy (Papanicolaou, ×400).
Reproduced with permission from: Bechert CJ, Schnadig VJ, Payne DA, Dong J. Monitoring of BK viral load in renal allograft recipients by real-time PCR assays. Am J Clin Pathol 2010; 133:242. Copyright © 2010 American Society for Clinical Pathology.
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