Table 4 Correlation between the morphological criteria of the lymph node by CT and final pathology
From: Can computed tomography predict nodal metastasis in breast cancer patients?
Morphological criteria by CT | Pathology | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Negative | Positive | |||
Count | % | Count | % | |
Shape | ||||
 Oval | 75 | 56.4 | 58 | 43.6 |
 Round | 4 | 40 | 4 | 60 |
 Irregular | 0 | 0 | 2 | 100 |
 Amalgamated | 0 | 0 | 2 | 100 |
Cortical thickness | ||||
 Diffuse | 34 | 58.6 | 24 | 41.4 |
 Focal | 16 | 35.6 | 29 | 64.4 |
 Normal | 27 | 93.1 | 2 | 6.9 |
Fatty hilum | ||||
 Preserved | 65 | 65.7 | 34 | 34.3 |
 Lost | 1 | 5.6 | 17 | 94.4 |
 Eccentric | 11 | 47.8 | 12 | 52.2 |
 Focal indentation | 0 | 0.0 | 8 | 100 |
 Diffuse indentation | 2 | 100 | 0 | 0.0 |