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Table 3 Ultrasound features (n = 22)

From: Metaplastic breast carcinoma: an overview of the radio-pathologic features in retrospective cohort tertiary hospital

Findings

Frequency (%)

Shape

 

Oval

5 (22.73)

Round

1 (4.55)

Irregular

16 (72.73)

Orientation

 

Parallel

16 (72.73)

Vertical

6 (27.27)

Margins

 

Circumscribed

3 (13.64)

Indistinct

8 (36.36)

Angular

3 (13.64)

Microlobulated

6 (27.27)

Spiculated

2 (9.09)

Echopattern

 

Hypoechoic

6 (27.27)

Complex

8 (36.36)

Heterogenous

8 (36.36)

Tumor size

 

Equal or < 2

2 (9.09)

> 2–5

8 (36.36)

> 5

12 (54.55)

Desmoplastic reaction

 

No

12 (54.55)

Yes

10 (45.45)