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Table 3 Cross tabulation showing the main classification of digital mammographic and CESM findings versus the histopathological diagnosis

From: Breast cancer in dense breasts: comparative diagnostic merits of contrast-enhanced mammography and diffusion-weighted breast MRI

 

Histopathological diagnosis

Total

 

Malignant

Benign

 

Digital mammographic findings

 No abnormality detected

6

15%

6

15%

12

30%

 Mass lesion

8

20%

3

7.5%

11

27.5%

 Asymmetric density

14

35%

-

14

35%

 Microcalcification

3

7.5%

-

3

7.5%

 Total

31

77.5%

9

22.5%

40

100%

CESM findings

Mass lesion

19

47.5%

4

10%

23

57.5%

Non-mass lesion

9

22.5%

4

10%

13

32.5%

No contrast-enhanced lesions

3

7.5%

1

2.5%

4

10%

 Total

31

77.5%

9

22.5%

40

100%