Table 2 Correlation between the morphological criteria of the lymph node by US and final pathology
From: Can computed tomography predict nodal metastasis in breast cancer patients?
Morphological criteria by ultrasound | Pathology | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Negative | Positive | |||
Count | % | Count | % | |
Shape | ||||
 Oval | 77 | 55.8 | 61 | 44.2 |
 Round | 2 | 20 | 8 | 80 |
 Irregular | 0 | 0 | 2 | 100 |
Cortical thickness | ||||
 Diffuse | 16 | 57.1 | 12 | 42.9 |
 Focal | 13 | 28.9 | 32 | 71.1 |
 Normal | 48 | 75 | 16 | 25 |
Fatty hilum | ||||
 Preserved | 69 | 63.9 | 39 | 36.1 |
 Lost | 2 | 15.4 | 11 | 84.6 |
 Eccentric | 3 | 37.5 | 5 | 62.5 |
 Focal indentation | 3 | 16.7 | 15 | 83.3 |
 Diffuse indentation | 2 | 66.7 | 1 | 33.3 |