There is portal to portal bridging fibrosis. There is active hepatitis with picemeal necrosis. There is minimal fatty change consisting of scattered large lipid droplets within hepatocytes. No Mallory's hyalin is seen. Periportal hepatocytes show ballooning near lymphocytic infiltration of the lobule.
Special stains show increased portal fibrosis using the trichrome stain.
The iron stain shows no increased iron deposition. The PAS stain shows no abnormal inclusions. I was told I am in the last stage before cirrhosis, I was told probably aaproximately 10 yrs to decompensation, yet no cirrhosis yet. My side effects are quite bad though and I don't know if I should continue. I know you cannot decide for me but some things to think about on the topic would be helpful.