Table 3.
Specimen imaging versus pathology | Postexcision neck imaging versus pathology | ||||
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Pathology positive | Pathology negative | Pathology positive | Pathology negative | ||
Specimen imaging positive | 20 | 0 | Neck imaging residual focus | 20 | 0 |
Specimen imaging negative | 0 | 7 | Neck imaging focus gone | 0 | 7 |
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True positives for specimen imaging (specimen hot adenoma removed) | =100% | ||||
True positives for neck imaging (focus present adenoma not removed) | =100% | ||||
False positives for specimen imaging (specimen hot adenoma not removed) | =0% | ||||
False positives for neck imaging (focus present adenoma removed) | =0% | ||||
True negatives for specimen imaging (specimen cold adenoma removed) | =100% | ||||
True negatives for neck imaging (focus absent adenoma removed) | =100% | ||||
False negatives for specimen imaging (specimen cold adenoma not removed) | =0% | ||||
False negatives for neck imaging (focus absent adenoma not removed) | =0% |