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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 3.

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

Diagnosis of PHM (PHM vs. CHM+NM) Sensitivity (%) Specificity (%) Positive Predictive Value (%) Negative Predictive Value (%)
Pathologist 1
 Round 1 59 58 42 74
 Round 2 70 74 58 83
 Round 3 (p57) 85 70 59 90
Pathologist 2
 Round 1 93 68 60 95
 Round 2 74 79 65 86
 Round 3 (p57) 78 77 64 87
Pathologist 3
 Round 1 56 81 60 78
 Round 2 59 92 80 82
 Round 3 (p57) 56 94 83 81
Consensus diagnosis
 Round 1 78 74 60 87
 Round 2 70 85 70 85
 Round 3 (p57) 78 83 70 88

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