Skip to main content
. 2017 Jan 14;23(2):275–285. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v23.i2.275

Table 6.

Combination of magnetic resonance findings for differentiating G1 from G2-3 pancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasms

Number of features Diagnostic performance
Se Sp PPV NPV
≥ 1 100 (82.8-100) 35.5 (19.8-54.6) 54.5 (38.9-69.3) 100 (67.8-100)
≥ 2 79.2 (57.3-92.1) 80.1 (61.9-91.9) 76 (54.5-89.8) 83.3 (64.5-93.7)
≥ 3 58.3 (36.9-77.2) 93.5 (77.1-98.9) 87.5 (60.4-97.8) 74.3 (57.6-86.4)
≥ 4 20.8 (7.9-42.7) 96.7 (81.5-99.8) 83.3 (36.5-99.1) 61.2 (46.2-74.4)
≥ 5 8.3 (1.4-28.5) 96.4 (86.4-99.4) 100 (19.8-100) 58.5 (44.2-71.6)

MR findings are ill-defined margins, vascular invasion, liver metastases, size > 17.5 mm, ADC < 1.21 < 10-3 mm2/s. Diagnostic performances are expressed as percentages (95%CI). Se: Sensitivity; Sp: Specificity; PPV: Positive predictive value; NPV: Negative predictive value.