Table 4. Comparison of the N staging performed by histopathology and DW-MRI.
Diagnosis at DW-MRI | Diagnosis at histopathological examination |
Total | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
pN0 | pN1 | pN2 | N3a | N3b | ||
N0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
N1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
N2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 7 |
N3a | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
N3b | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total | 5 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 23 |
DW-MRI, diffusion weighted magnetic resonance imaging.