Research Article

Comparison of Liver Biopsy Findings with the Digestive Disease Week Japan 2004 Scale for Diagnosis of Drug-Induced Liver Injury

Table 6

Three patients histologically classified as the hepatocellular type but clinically classified as the cholestatic type.

GenderAgeThe histological examinationDDW-J scale scoresThe histological patternsClinical types according to DDW-J scaleMedicines which have been takenUnderlying diseaseDLSTALT
(IU/L)
AST
(IU/L)
ALP
(IU/L)
T-bil
(mg/dL)

M83A5Hepatocellular typeCholestatic typeMeloxicam, bucillamineRANegative16123112681.4

F49B5Hepatocellular typeCholestatic typeAlendronate sodium hydrate, methotrexate, and sodium ferrous citrateRANot available971027660.6

F55B3Hepatocellular typeCholestatic typeCandesartan, trichlormethiazide, miglitol, and rabeprazole sodiumDM
HT
Negative16815213501.0

RA: rheumatoid arthritis, DM: Diabetes Mellitus, and HT: hypertension.