Incidental finding of non-alcoholic steatohepatitis-cirrhosis.

ABSTRACT:

Summary

A 72-year-old man with type 2 diabetes volunteered to participate in the control group of a clinical study. The study evaluated non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in patients with kidney disease. The patient was followed at a gastroenterology department due to Crohn's disease and post-operative bile acid malabsorption. The patient had no symptoms or biochemical findings suggesting liver disease. Surprisingly, a transient elastography (FibroScan®) suggested advanced fibrosis with a median of 16.1 kPa. A liver biopsy showed non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH)-cirrhosis. The diagnosis was only made incidentally and highlights how NASH-cirrhosis may be overlooked due to the lack of symptoms.

Learning points

Clinicians treating high-risk populations, including patients wi

SUBMITTER: Adrian T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9875068 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature