Table 7 Comparison of potentially missed and detected malignant nodules between 1 and 1.5 cm
From: Re-visiting the ATA 2015 sonographic guidelines - who are we missing?: A retrospective review
Detected N = 74 | Potentially Missed N = 47 | χ2 | p | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | % | n | % | |||
Age (years) | ||||||
< 45 | 31 | 42 | 20 | 43 | 0.005 | 0.943 |
≥45 | 43 | 58 | 27 | 57 | ||
Sex | ||||||
Male | 11 | 15 | 11 | 23 | 1.397 | 0.2372 |
Female | 63 | 85 | 36 | 77 | ||
Tumor type | ||||||
Micropapillary | 19 | 26 | 4 | 9 | 7.156 | 0.0671 |
Papillary | 53 | 72 | 43 | 92 | ||
Medullary | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
Follicular | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
T stage | ||||||
1 | 57 | 77 | 36 | 77 | 0.755 | 0.8603 |
2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
3 | 15 | 20 | 10 | 21 | ||
4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
Stage | ||||||
1 | 62 | 84 | 34 | 72 | 4.409 | 0.2206 |
2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
3 | 11 | 15 | 10 | 21 | ||
4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | ||
ETE | ||||||
+ | 16 | 22 | 10 | 21 | 0.002 | 0.9642 |
– | 58 | 78 | 37 | 79 | ||
LN | ||||||
+ | 21 | 72 | 16 | 34 | 0.431 | 0.5116 |
– | 53 | 28 | 31 | 66 | ||