Table 1.
Stages of fibrosis
Description | Score | Definition |
---|---|---|
No fibrosis | 0 | Normal connective tissue |
Portal fibrosis | 1 | Fibrous portal expansion |
Periportal fibrosis | 2 | Periportal fibrosis with short septa extending into lobules or rare porto-portal septa (intact architecture) |
Septal fibrosis | 3 | Fibrous septa reaching adjacent portal tracts and terminal hepatic venule (architecture distortion, but no obvious cirrhosis) |
Cirrhosis | 4 | Diffuse nodular formation |