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Table 6 Diagnostic performance of intra-operative CEUS (n = 60) and enhanced MRI (n = 50) in the diagnosis of wall invasion and bland thrombus of RCC with IVC tumor thrombus

From: Contrast-enhanced ultrasound in detecting wall invasion and differentiating bland from tumor thrombus during robot-assisted inferior vena cava thrombectomy for renal cell carcinoma

 

IVC wall invasion

Bland thrombus

Imaging diagnosis

Enhanced MRI

Intra-operative CEUS

Enhanced MRI

intra-operative CEUS

Sensitivity

92.3% (0.75–0.99)

93.1% (0.77–0.99)

75% (0.35–0.97)

100% (0.69–1.0)

Specificity

91.7% (0.73–0.99)

93.5% (0.79–0.99)

95.2% (0.84–0.99)

96.0% (0.86–0.99)

Accuracy

92% (0.81–0.98)

93.3% (0.83–0.98)

92% (0.81–0.98)

96.7% (0.91–0.99)

Positive predictive value

92.3% (0.75–0.99)

93.1% (0.78–0.98)

75% (0.35–0.97)

83.3% (0.56–0.95)

Negative predictive value

91.7% (0.73–0.99)

93.5% (0.79–0.98)

95.2% (0.84–0.99)

100% (0.93–1.0)

  1. 95% confidence intervals are indicated in brackets