Table 3 Comparison of the incidence of UMRFs and their sets in the nodules histopathologically benign and malignant in FLUS and SFN groups
Sonographic feature | Category of FNA | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
FLUS (202) | SFN (120) | |||||
Histopathological results | Histopathological results | |||||
Benign (189) No/% | Malignant (13) No/% | p | Benign (107) No/% | Malignant (13) No/% | p | |
1 – hypoechogenicity | 127/67.2 | 11/84.6 | 0.318 | 77/72.0 | 8/61.5 | 0.435 |
2 - solid echostructure | 137/72.5 | 11/84.6 | 0.527 | 90/84.1 | 13/100.0 | 0.258 |
3 (1 & 2) -hypoechogenicity of solid nodule | 94/49.7 | 9/69.2 | 0.299 | 67/62.6 | 8/61.5 | 0.939 |
4 - taller-than-wide shape | 18/9.5 | 3/23.1 | 0.281 | 17/15.9 | 3/23.1 | 0.793 |
5 - pathological vascularization | 37/19.6 | 4/30.8 | 0.539 | 26/24.3 | 3/23.1 | 0.806 |
6 - suspicious margins | 13/6.9 | 1/7.7 | 0.651 | 6/5.6 | 0/0.0 | 0.839 |
7 – calcifications (micro or macro) | 17/9.0 | 4/30.8 | 0.044 | 17/15.9 | 5/38.5 | 0.047 |
7a – microcalcifications | 7/3.7 | 1/7.7 | 0.983 | 7/6.5 | 1/7.7 | 0.666 |
7b – isolated macrocalcifications | 10/5.3 | 3/23.1 | 0.052 | 10/9.3 | 4/30.8 | 0.069 |