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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jan 8.
Published in final edited form as: AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2008 Dec;191(6):10.2214/AJR.07.3693. doi: 10.2214/AJR.07.3693

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.