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. 2012 Oct;85(1018):e837–e844. doi: 10.1259/bjr/13212920

Table 5. Sensitivity and specificity of conventional criteria and combined criteria.

Parameter All lesions
Lesions >1.0 cm in size
Sensitivity [% (CI)] Specificity [% (CI)] Sensitivity [% (CI)] Specificity [% (CI)]
Arterial enhancement and washout 13.8 (5.1, 32.2) 100 (NA) 13.0 (4.1, 34.4) 100 (NA)
New diagnostic criteriaa in our study 58.6 (39.4, 75.5) 100 (NA) 60.9 (40.3, 78.2) 100 (NA)
p-value 0.0002 NA 0.0006 NA

CI, confidence interval; NA, not applicable (95% CI and p-value could not be calculated owing to absence of false positives).

aPresence of three or more positive findings of T1 hypointensity, T2 hyperintensity, diffusion-weighted imaging hyperintensity, arterial enhancement, washout and hepatobiliary hypointensity, and size threshold ≥1.5 cm.