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Table 3 Number of undetected lesions at the original Mx report according to breast pattern and lesion rank (1° = index cancer)

From: Sensitivity of imaging for multifocal-multicentric breast carcinoma

Lesion rank

mean diameter and range

Total number of UD Mx lesions

Dense Breast (%)

Heterogeneous Dense Breast (%)

Fatty Breast with scattered Fibroglandular densities (%)

Breast with the density of fat (%)

index lesion

25 mm (2–77)

14

3 (21.4)

8 (57.2)

3 (21.4)

0 (0.0)

2nd

9 mm (0.1–39)

61

12 (19.7)

31 (50.8)

17 (27.9)

1 (1.6)

3rd

6.9 mm (0.1–20)

44

6 (13.6)

25 (56.8)

12 (27.3)

1 (2.3)

4th

6.8 mm (0.1–39)

29

6 (20.7)

17 (58.6)

5 (17.2)

1 (3.5)

≥ 5th

6.3 mm (0.1–25)

17

4 (23.5)

10 (58.8)

3 (17.7)

0 (0.0)

Total

 

165

31 (18.8)

91 (55.1)

40 (24.3)

3 (1.8)

  1. (UD Mx = Lesions undetected at mammography).