Epidemiologic, Clinical, Ultrasonographic, and Cytological Features of Thyroid Nodules in Predicting Malignancy Risk: A Retrospective Study of 442 French Afro-Caribbean Patients

Table 5

Concordance between Bethesda and echogenicity in the thyroid cancer group.

Bethesda classification	Hypoechogenicity	Irregular margin	Calcifications	Vascularization type III	Total cancer
Benign II	0	0	0	0	0
ASI/LFI III	2 (100%)	0	1 (50%)	1 (50%)	2
Follicular neoplasm IV	3 (60%)	1 (20%)	0	0	5
Suspicious of malignancy V	4 (80%)	2 (40%)	1 (20%)	3 (60%)	5
Nondiagnosed I	0	0	0	0	0
Total	9 (75%)	3 (25%)	2 (16%)	4 (33%)	12 (100%)

Number of nodules in each category of echogenicity; number of nodules in each category with irregular margins; number of nodules in each category with calcifications; number of nodules in each category with vascularization type III. AUS/FLUS: atypia of undetermined significance or follicular lesions of undetermined significance.