Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease later diagnosed as myotonic dystrophy

Table 2 Summary of previously reported liver pathology in 7 myotonic dystrophy type 1 patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease

Item	Case 1	Case 2	Case 3	Case 4	Case 5	Case 6	Case 7
Steatosis (0-3)	3	1	1	2	1	3	2
Lobular inflammation (0-3)	0	0	0	1	1	3	1
Ballooning (0-2)	1	1	0	ND	1	2	1
NAFLD activity score (0-8)	4	2	1	ND	3	8	4
Diagnosis	NASH	NASH	SS	ND	NASH	NASH	NASH
Fibrosis (0-4)	2	1a	1a	1	1a	4	1a
Ref.	Shieh et al[11]	Shieh et al[11]	Shieh et al[11]	Bhardwaj et al[12]	Yamada et al[13]	Ariake et al[14]	Our case

Pathological findings were scored according to the criteria proposed by Kleiner et al[6]. ND: Not determined; NASH: Non-alcoholic steatohepatitis; SS: Simple steatosis (non-alcoholic fatty liver).