Research Article Details

Article ID: A12196
PMID: 30567081
Source: BMJ Case Rep
Title: Non-alcoholic steatohepatitis associated with Netherton syndrome.
Abstract: A 21-year-old man with Netherton syndrome underwent investigation of a persistently elevated serum alanine transaminase, detected on routine monitoring. He drank no alcohol, was not diabetic or overweight (body mass index 23 kg/m2) and had no clinical features of liver dysfunction. A FibroScan yielded an elevated result of 9.3 kPa. An ultrasound guided liver biopsy showed histological features consistent with non-alcoholic steatohepatitis, with activity score of 4 and fibrosis stage of 3. The patient was started on vitamin E supplementation and remains under surveillance.
DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2018-224191