Characterization of breast masses: a comparative study between automated breast ultrasound (ABUS) and digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT)

Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine

Table 3 Relation between both modalities regarding the margins

		Digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) margin
		Circumscribed		Obscured		Micro lobulated		Indistinct		Apeculated		No mass		P value
		Count	%	Count	%	Count	%	Count	%	Count	%	Count	%
ABUS margin	Circumscribed	11	84.6%	2	66.7%	0	.0%	0	.0%	0	.0%	0	.0%	*<0.001*
	Angular	0	.0%	1	33.3%	0	.0%	1	33.3%	0	.0%	0	.0%
	Micro lobulated	0	.0%	0	.0%	1	50.0%	0	.0%	1	6.7%	0	.0%
	Indistinct	1	7.7%	0	.0%	0	.0%	2	66.7%	1	6.7%	1	100.0%
	Speculated	1	7.7%	0	.0%	1	50.0%	0	.0%	13	86.7%	0	.0%