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. 2018 Jun 30;91(1090):20180300. doi: 10.1259/bjr.20180300

Table 2.

Rate of underestimation of malignancy in 90 patients with 99 high-risk lesions detected on MRI-VAB

Histopathologic diagnosis Lesion frequency No. excised Underestimation rate Cancer at surgery
ADH 21 (21) 16 4/21 (19) 4 (DCIS)
Lobular neoplasia 36 (36) 21 2/36 (6) 2 (1 DCIS, 1 ILC)
ALH 22 (22) 13 0/36 (0) 0
LCIS 6 (6) 2 0/36 (0) 0
ALH and LCIS 8 (8) 6 2/36 (6) 2 (1 DCIS, 1 ILC)
Radial scar 11 (11) 2 0/11 (0) 0
Papillary lesion 22 (22) 9 0/22 (0) 0
Flat epithelial atypia 1 (1) 0 0/1 (0) 0
Atypia unspecified 8 (8) 5 0/8 (0) 0
Mucocele-like lesion 0 (0) 0 0/0 (0) 0

ADH, atypical ductal hyperplasia; ALH, atypical lobular hyperplasia; DCIS, ductal carcinoma in situ; ILC, invasive lobular carcinoma; LCIS,lobular carcinoma in situ; MRI-VAB,MRI-vacuum-assisted biopsy.

Numbers in parentheses are percentages.