Brunt Elizabeth M
Department of Pathology and Immunology Washington University School of Medicine St Louis MO.
Hepatol Commun. 2017 Jun 7;1(5):370-378. doi: 10.1002/hep4.1055. eCollection 2017 Jul.
Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is one of the most common underlying causes of chronically elevated liver tests and liver disease in adults and children worldwide and may be strongly suspected if not diagnosed by ever evolving and available serologic and imaging-based noninvasive tests. However, the definitive diagnosis of the most progressive form of NAFLD, nonalcoholic steatohepatitis, and the identification of fibrosis stage still require liver biopsy evaluation as noninvasive testing has not replaced some of the specifics or the totality of information obtainable from liver biopsy. In this review, both the role and value of a liver biopsy evaluation in NAFLD/ nonalcoholic steatohepatitis are examined from publications related to a selected variety of settings. Details of the most commonly used semiquantitative methods of analysis are discussed, and some useful potential pitfalls for differential diagnostic consideration in liver biopsy interpretation are given. ( 2017;1:370-378).
非酒精性脂肪性肝病(NAFLD)是全球成人和儿童慢性肝功能检查异常及肝病最常见的潜在病因之一。如果不断发展且可用的血清学和基于影像学的非侵入性检查未做出诊断,则强烈怀疑可能患有该病。然而,对于NAFLD最进展形式的非酒精性脂肪性肝炎的明确诊断以及纤维化阶段的确定,仍需要肝活检评估,因为非侵入性检查尚未取代从肝活检中可获得的一些具体信息或全部信息。在本综述中,从与选定的各种情况相关的出版物中,研究了肝活检评估在NAFLD/非酒精性脂肪性肝炎中的作用和价值。讨论了最常用的半定量分析方法的细节,并给出了肝活检解读中鉴别诊断需考虑的一些有用的潜在陷阱。(2017;1:370 - 378)