From: Diagnostic accuracy of metastatic axillary lymph nodes in breast MRI
Pathology | pa | ||||||
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Metastatic | Reactive | Total | |||||
n | % | n | % | n | % | ||
Fatty hilum | |||||||
Present (intact) | 9 | 25.7 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 25.7 | 0.031* |
Not present (obscured) | 6 | 17.1 | 20 | 57.1 | 26 | 74.3 | |
Total | 15 | 42.9 | 20 | 57.1 | 35 | 100.0 | |
Sensitivity for malignant lymph nodes (%) | 60.00 | ||||||
Specificity for malignant lymph nodes(%) | 100.00 | ||||||
Positive predictive value for malignant lymph nodes(%) | 100.00 | ||||||
Negative predictive value for malignant lymph nodes(%) | 76.92 | ||||||
Accuracy (%) for detecting malignant lymph nodes(%) | 82.86 |