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. 2012 Aug;72(8):734–739. doi: 10.1055/s-0032-1315107

Table 2 Distribution of false-negative and positive findings (FN/FP) depending on the assessment. Two of 374 cases were normal (BI-RADS 1). The relative and the absolute number of false-negative and false-positive findings for the individual assessments and for the total number of patients are shown.

FNFirst diagnosis FPFirst diagnosis FNSecond diagnosis FPSecond diagnosis
1 Asymmetries or architectural distortion on mammography and galactography images (2 cases). 2 Findings only visible on sonography.
Focal findings 4.5 %(11/245) 19 %(46/245) 0 %(0/245) 8.6 %(21/245)
Microcalcifications 6.4 %(5/78) 40 %(31/78) 1.3 %(1/78) 13 %(10/78)
Other1 9 %2/22 64 %14/22 0 %0/22 13.6 %3/22
Only sonography2 7.4 %2/27 33 %9/27 7.4 %2/27 14.8 %4/27
Total 5.4 %20/372 26.9 %100/372 0.8 %3/372 10.2 %38/372