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Pattern and sensitivity of mammography in the index lesion related to their BI-RADS class.
| BIRADS | |||||||||
| ALL | 1 | %* | 3 | %* | 4 | %* | 5 | %* | |
| Entirely fatt | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 1.0 |
| Scattered fibroglandular densities | 26 | 4 | 4.1 | 3 | 3.1 | 10 | 10.3 | 9 | 9.3 |
| Heterogeneously dense | 55 | 9 | 9.3 | 4 | 4.1 | 16 | 16.5 | 26 | 26.8 |
| Extremely dense | 14 | 4 | 4.1 | 1 | 1.0 | 3 | 3.1 | 6 | 6.3 |
| 97 | 17 | 8 | 30 | 42 | |||||
In breast with an almost entirely fatty pattern, the sensitivity of Mx was 100% while in dense breast sensitivity was 40.5%.
