Table 3.
Concordance of the diagnosis of a needle biopsy between urological and general pathologists (Apr./06- Sep./06)
| General pathologist diagnosis | Urological pathologist diagnosis | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NM | ASAP | HGPIN | 5 | 6 | 3 + 4 | 4 + 3 | 8–10 | Overall | |
| NM | 99 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| ASAP | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| HGPIN | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 10 | 0 | 1 | |
| 3 + 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | |
| 4 + 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |
| 8–10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 13 | |
| 103 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 34 | 18 | 11 | 17 | 197 | |
| % Exact Concordance | 96.1 | 25.0 | 18.1 | 0 | 55.9 | 22.2 | 9.1 | 76.4 | 71.8 |
| % Undergrading by UPD vs GPD | 38.2 | 55.5 | 18.1 | 23.5 | 35.1 | ||||
| % Overgrading by UPD vs GPD | 5.9 | 22.2 | 72.7 | 0 | 18.1 | ||||
UPD urological pathologist diagnosis, GPD general pathologist diagnosis, NM No malignancy, ASAP atypical small acinar proliferation suspicious, HGPIN high grade prostatic intraepithelial hyperplasia