HISTOPATHOLOGICAL EVALUATION OF NON-ALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER DISEASE: MINI-REVIEW OF LITERATURE

Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is a liver disease, which has common characteristics, as hepatic steatosis (lipid accumulation in hepatocytes) and fibrosis of the tissue. From these characteristics, the gold standard for diagnosis of the disease is the histopathological evaluation after liver biopsy. For this evaluation, some scores are available, and the SAF score (Steatosis, Activity, Fibrosis) has recently been described for a more complete assessment of the hepatic status. The purpose of this mini-review is to report the NAFLD using this new score.