Table 3.
2 × 2 Contingency Tables describing results of routinely acquired and reported Computed Tomography (CT) imaging and diagnostic assessment according to a standardised algorithm in 315 patients with suspected Pleural Malignancy.
| Final Pleural Diagnosis |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Malignant | Benign | ||
| All patients (n = 315) | |||
| CT report | Malignant | 114 | 23 |
| Benign | 81 | 97 | |
| Venous-phase contrast CT (n = 284) | |||
| CT report | Malignant | 109 | 19 |
| Benign | 68 | 88 | |
| Arterial-phase contrast CT (CTPA) (n = 31) | |||
| CT report | Malignant | 5 | 4 |
| Benign | 13 | 9 | |
| Thoracic Radiologist Reporting (n = 115) | |||
| CT report | Malignant | 45 | 12 |
| Benign | 21 | 37 | |
| Non-thoracic Radiologist Reporting (n = 200) | |||
| CT report | Malignant | 69 | 11 |
| Benign | 60 | 60 | |
| Optimal CT (Venous-phase and Thoracic Radiologist Reporting) (n = 108) | |||
| CT report | Malignant | 44 | 12 |
| Benign | 19 | 33 | |
CT; Computed Tomography, CTPA; CT Pulmonary Angiography.