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Table 3 Diagnostic performances of MRI for suspicious lesions classified as US BI-RADS 4A and 4B categories

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

 

Sensitivity (%)

Specificity (%)

PPV (%)

NPV (%)

All lesions

100 (94.5–100)

92.6 (86.3–96.5)

87.8 (78.2–94.3)

100 (96.8–100)

US BI-RADS category

    4A

100 (90–100)

93.6 (87.3–97.4)

83.3 (68.6–93.0)

100 (96.5–100)

    4B

100 (88.4–100)

81.8 (48.2–97.7)

93.8 (79.2–99.2)

100 (66.4–100)

Lesion type

    Mass

100 (93.2–100)

92.2 (85.3–96.6)

86.7 (75.4–94.1)

100 (96.2–100)

    Non-mass

100 (75.3–100)

94.4 (72.7–99.9)

92.9 (66.1–99.8)

100 (80.5–100)

  1. Numbers in parentheses are 95% confidence intervals. PPV positive predictive value, NPV negative predictive value
  2. Abbreviations: BI-RADS Breast imaging reporting and data system, US Ultrasound, DCE-MRI Dynamic contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging, PPV Positive predictive value, NPV Negative predictive value, DWI Diffusion-weighted imaging, ADC Apparent diffusion coefficient, CI confidence interval