Table VI.
Simplified diagnostic algorithm for NAFLD diagnosis on liver biopsy (from Bedossa et al., 2012, mod.) 34.
| Steatosis > 5% | Lobular inflammation (any degree) |
Balloning (any degree) |
Diagnosis |
|---|---|---|---|
| No | Yes/No | Yes/No | No NAFLD |
| Yes | Yes | No | NAFL |
| Yes | No | Yes | NAFL |
| Yes | Yes | Yes | NASH |
NAFLD: nonalcoholic fatty liver disease; NAFL: nonalcoholic fatty liver; NASH: nonalcoholic steato-hepatitis.