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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Sep 8.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Surg Pathol. 2012 Mar;36(3):443–453. doi: 10.1097/PAS.0b013e31823b13fe

TABLE 2.

Performance of Morphologic Assessment and p57 Immunostaining for Predicting a Genotyping-Confirmed Diagnosis of CHM

Diagnosis of CHM (CHM vs. PHM+NM) Sensitivity (%) Specificity (%) Positive Predictive Value (%) Negative Predictive Value (%)
Pathologist 1
 Round 1 63 94 85 83
 Round 2 63 94 85 83
 Round 3 (p57) 93 96 93 96
Pathologist 2
 Round 1 96 92 87 98
 Round 2 100 91 84 100
 Round 3 (p57) 96 96 93 98
Pathologist 3
 Round 1 59 96 89 82
 Round 2 78 96 91 89
 Round 3 (p57) 93 98 96 96
Consensus diagnosis
 Round 1 70 98 95 87
 Round 2 81 94 88 91
 Round 3 (p57) 96 96 93 98

CHM indicates complete hydatidiform mole (either classic or early type); NM, non-molar specimen; PHM, partial hydatidiform mole.