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Table 3 Significant ultrasonic and clinical findings for HBL

From: The comparison of grey-scale ultrasonic and clinical features of hepatoblastoma and hepatocellular carcinoma in children: a retrospective study for ten years

Ultrasonic & clinical finding

Sensitivity

(%)

Specificity

(%)

Accuracy

(%)

PPV

(%)

NPV

(%)

Liquefaction (1)

57(17/30)

75 (9/12)

62 (26/42)

85(17/20)

41 (9/22)

Septa (2)

83 (25/30)

83 (10/12)

83(35/42)

93(25/27)

67(10/15)

Onset age

< 5 yrs(3)

70 (21/30)

58 (7/12)

67(28/42)

81(21/26)

44(6/16)

HBS-Ag negative (4)

87 (26/30)

67 (8/12)

81(34/42)

80(24/30)

67(8/12)

(1)+(2)+(3)+(4)

90 (27/30)

83 (10/12)

88(37/42)

93(27/34)

73(8/11)

  1. Numbers in parentheses: case number; PPV: positive predictive value;
  2. NPV: negative predictive value; yrs: years