Table 2.

Description of LLNs in primary MRI reports

Primary MRI reports and overall score	N (%)
Presence or absence of LLN mentioned	555/1096 (50.6)
Present	226/555 (40.7)
Absent	329/555 (59.3)
Features described for present LLNs
Short-axis (SA) size mentioned	145/226 (64.2)
Compartment/anatomical location mentioned	119/226 (52.7)
Malignant features mentioned	52/226 (23.0)
Suspiciousness mentioned	57/226 (25.2)

Feature(s)	N (%)	Examples of text
MRI reports with mentioned LLN (N = 226)
No features	35 (15.5)	An extra-mesorectal lymph node
Only SA node size	39 (17.3)	7mm extra-mesorectal lymph node
Only location	28 (12.4)	Lymph node in the left internal iliac area
Only malignant features	2 (0.9)	Irregular lateral lymph node present
Only suspiciousness	4 (1.8)	Suspicious lateral lymph node
SA node size and location	39 (17.3)	7mm lymph node in the left internal iliac area
SA node size and malignant features	7 (3.1)	7mm heterogeneous lymph node
SA node size and suspiciousness	19 (8.4)	Suspicious 10-mm extra-mesorectal lymph node
Location and malignant features	3 (1.3)	Heterogeneous lymph node in left internal iliac area
Location and suspiciousness	8 (3.5)	Suspicious lymph node in internal iliac area
Malignant features and suspiciousness	1 (0.4)	Suspicious heterogenous extra-mesorectal lymph node
SA node size, location and malignant features	16 (7.1)	7mm heterogenous lymph node in the internal iliac area
SA node size, location and suspiciousness	23 (10.2)	Suspicious 7mm lymph node in the internal iliac area
SA node size, location, malignant features and suspiciousness	2 (0.9)	Suspicious heterogeneous lymph node of 7mm in the internal iliac area