. 2023 Mar 15;12(2):e220134. doi: 10.1530/ETJ-22-0134
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The diagnostic sensitivity and specificity of suspicious ultrasound characteristics for predicting thyroid cancer. Comparison with the previously published data (25, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49).
| Sensitivity (%) | Specificity (%) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Present study | Literature – median (range) | Present study | Literature – median (range) | |
| Hypoechoic | 80.2% (264/329) | 65.4% (20.0–100.0) | 46.6% (248/532) | 64.6% (43.4–92.0) |
| Very hypoechoic | 37.4% (123/329) | 17.4% (14.2–41.4) | 87.8% (467/532) | 97.1% (92.2–97.1) |
| Microcalcifications | 42.2% (139/329) | 36.9% (12.5–55.8) | 82.9% (441/532) | 91.6% (12.1–98.0) |
| Irregular margins | 37.4% (123/329) | 44.2% (13.0–48.3) | 88.3% (470/532) | 90.0% (69.1–98.4) |
| Extrathyroidal extension | 26.7% (88/329) | 20.8% (one study) | 95.9% (510/532) | 97.5% (one study) |