TABLE 3. Properties of Nine Tumors in Eight Patients That Were False-Negative (FN) on Readings by All Three Radiologists.
FN Tumor No. |
Tumor |
CC Breast Thickness (cm) |
Count Density Percentile |
Mammography Breast Density | Comments | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Type | Grade | Size (mm) | |||||
| |||||||
1 | IDC | I | 13.5 | 4.9 | 77.3 | Almost entirely fatty | Inadequate positioning due to kyphotic patient; tumor not in view |
2 | ILC | II | 17.5 | 6.5 | 15.7 | Heterogeneously dense | Image has low count density; lobular cancer |
3a | IDC and ILC | I | 4.0 | 4.0 | 87.6 | Heterogeneously dense | Small low-grade tumor; intense nonmasslike tracer uptake |
3b | ILC | III | 7.0 | 3.0 | 92.6 | Heterogeneously dense | Intense nonmasslike tracer uptake |
4 | IDC | I | 3.3 | 6.0 | 9.2 | Heterogeneously dense | Small, low-grade tumor; image has low count density |
5 | IDC | II | 3.3 | 6.5 | 9.0 | Scattered fibroglandular densities | Small tumor; image has low count density |
6 | Tubular carcinoma |
II | 5.0 | 7.5 | 13.1 | Almost entirely fatty | Small tumor; image has low count density |
7 | IDC | II | 7.3 | 7.0 | 36.6 | Scattered fibroglandular densities | Inadequate positioning due to obese patient; tumor not in view |
8 | ILC | I | 7.0 | 7.5 | 76.2 | Heterogeneously dense | Small low-grade lobular cancer |
Note—CC = craniocaudal, IDC = invasive ductal carcinoma, ILC = invasive lobular carcinoma.