TABLE 4.
Sensitivity, specificity and overall accuracy of cytological features found to help diagnosing melanoma over Clark’s nevi
| Cytological feature | Specificity (%) |
Sensitivity (%) |
Overall accuracy (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pleomorphism with | 97 | 92.9 | 95.1 |
| enlarged nuclei | |||
| Notching | 99 | 85.7 | 92.9 |
| Multiple nucleoli | 100 | 73.8 | 88 |
| Peppered moth | 100 | 73.8 | 88 |
| nuclear pattern | |||
| Flattening of adjacent | 74 | 90.5 | 81.5 |
| Nuclei | |||
| Mitotic figures | 100 | 39.3 | 72.2 |
| Molding | 98 | 42.9 | 72.8 |
| Abnormal mitotic figures | 100 | 23.8 | 65.2 |
| Single prominent nucleolus | 95 | 20.2 | 60.8 |
| Vesicular nuclei with single rounded nucleolus | 100 | 7.1 | 57.6 |