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Table 8 Sensitivity of US and number of lesions detected by US according to lesion rank and size with their BI-RADS code and US pattern: hypo-echoic (hypo); iso-echoic (iso)

From: Sensitivity of imaging for multifocal-multicentric breast carcinoma

Lesion rank

Mean histologic diameter

Total number of lesions detected by pathologists

Number of lesions detected by US

BIRADS US

Hypo

Iso

Sensitivity (%)

    

1

2

3

4

5

   

Index lesion

25

80

73

7

-

4

28

41

71

2

91.2

2nd

9

80

35

45

-

3

16

16

33

2

43.8

3rd

6.9

46

15

31

-

1

7

7

15

-

32.6

≥ 4th

6.5

45

10

35

-

2

4

4

8

2

22.2

Tot

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251

133

       

52.9