Table 2

Histological scoring: in house system

FeaturePoints
Lobular infiltrate
None/virtually absent0
Mild (isolated lymphocytes)1
Moderate (aggregates and/or rows of lymphocytes)2
Severe (aggregates of lymphocytes and focal necrosis)3
Councilman bodies (CBs)
Number of CBs/10 mm biopsy length ≤ 10
Number of CBs/number of portal tracts < 0.31
Nber of CBs/number of portal tracts = 0.3–0.72
Number of CBs/number of portal tracts > 0.73
Fibrosis
None0
Mild fibrous extension of portal tracts1
Porto-portal septa in less than half of the portal tracts2
Porto-portal septa in more than half of the portal tracts3
Probable or definite cirrhosis4
Steatosis
None0
Slight1
Moderate to severe2
Macrophage reaction
Virtually absent0
Mild1
Moderate2
Severe3