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Table 2 Clinico-pathologic data and sonographic features of female patients with invasive ductal carcinoma

From: Role of ultrasound in predicting the molecular subtypes of invasive breast ductal carcinoma

 

No. (n = 160)

Percentage %

Age (years)

 

 Mean ± SD

52.69 ± 12.73

 Range

23.0–86.0

Size of lesion (cm)

 

 Mean ± SD

3.10 ± 1.61

 Range

1.0–9.0

Echogenicity

  

 Isoechoic

30

18.8

 Heterogeneous

20

12.5

 Hypoechoic

110

68.8

Shape

  

 Oval

22

13.8

 Rounded

54

33.8

 Irregular

84

52.5

Margin

  

 Angular

14

8.8

 Spiculated

77

48.1

 Circumscribed

18

11.3

 Lobulated

51

31.9

Orientation

  

 Parallel

30

18.8

 Non parallel

130

81.3

Boundary

  

 Abrupt interface

73

45.6

 Echogenic halo

87

54.4

Calcification

  

 Present

62

38.8

 Absent

98

61.3

Posterior feature

  

 Posterior shadowing

68

42.5

 Posterior enhancement

46

28.7

 No posterior change

46

28.7

Lymph node status

  

 Nodal metastasis

71

44.4

 No nodal metastasis

89

55.6

Multiplicity

  

 Unifocal

122

76.3

 Multicentric or multifocal

38

23.8

Grade of IDC

  

 Grade I

15

9.4

 Grade II

95

59.4

 Grade III

50

31.3

Type

  

 Luminal A

82

51.2

 Luminal B

26

16.3

 Human epidermal growth factor receptor 2

26

16.3

 Triple negative

26

16.3

  1. SD standard deviation