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Table 2 Pathological results of breast lesions classified as US BI-RADS 4A and 4B categories

From: The value of MRI for downgrading of breast suspicious lesions detected on ultrasound

Pathological results

Number of cases

Malignant

65

invasive ductal carcinoma

42 (64.6%)

ductal carcinoma in situ

12 (18.5%)

borderline or malignant phyllodes tumors

5 (7.7%)

other malignant tumors

6 (9.2%)

Benigna

98

fibrocystic changes

53 (54.1%)

fibroadenoma

24 (24.5%)

intraductal papilloma

10 (10.2%)

inflammatory disease

6 (6.1%)

atypical ductal hyperplasia

2 (2.0%)

other benign lesions

3 (3.1%)

  1. Numbers in parenthesis were percentages
  2. a23 benign lesions confirmed by imaging follow-up were not included. BI-RADS breast imaging reporting and data system