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. 2020 Nov 26;10:20628. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-77456-6

Table 6.

BI-RADS mammogram lexicon associated with HPE diagnosis.

Mammographic abnormalities Description Benign n (%) Malignant n (%)
Mass n = 258 Benign 97 (91.5) 9 (8.5)
Suspicious 17 (11.2) 135 (88.8)
Shape
Oval 56 (76.7) 17 (23.3)
Round 46 (86.8) 7 (13.2)
Irregular 12 (9.1) 120 (90.9)
Margin
Circumscribed 92 (90.2) 10 (9.8)
Indistinct 5 (71.4) 2 (28.6)
Obscured 2 (15.4) 11 (84.6)
Microlobulated 12 (27.3) 32 (72.7)
Spiculated 3 (3.3) 89 (96.7)
Density
Fat 1 (100) 0 (0.0)
Low 45 (96.7) 2 (4.3)
Equal 49 (77.8) 14 (22.2)
High 19 ( 12.9) 128 (87.1)
Asymmetry n = 61 24 (39.3) 37 (60.7)
Asymmetry 16 (48.5) 17 (51.5)
Focal 0 (0.0) 10 (100)
Global 7 (41.2) 10 (58.8)
Developing 1 (100) 0 (0.0)
Suspicious calcification n = 99 38 (38.4) 61 (61.1)