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Table 3 Presence of fatty hilum versus pathological status

From: Diagnostic accuracy of metastatic axillary lymph nodes in breast MRI

 

Pathology

pa

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

      
  1. * p < 0.05
  2. aMcNemar test