Original Article

Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (Assesment of histological features, grade and stage at 27 cases)

  • Zuhal Gücin
  • Melin Özgün Geçer

İstanbul Med J 2004;5(4):5-9

Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) is a disease occurs without alcohol with slighter clinical progression and histological changes than alcoholic steatohepatitis. It is suggested that NASH is responsible for some of the criptogenic cirrhosis. There is no widely accepted evaluation for it. In this study 27 nonalcoholic stetohepatitis cases are evaluated, histological changes are rewieved, necroinflamatory activity(grade) and fibrosis (stage) are tried to be standardized.

Keywords: Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis, Liver