Research Article
Clinical Diagnosis has a High Negative Predictive Value in Evaluation of Malignant Skin Lesions
Table 3
Sensitivity of clinical diagnosis of malignant lesions and 95% confidence intervals based on anatomical site.
| Clinical diagnosis | Head and neck | Trunk | Upper extremity | Lower extremity |
| SCC | 30 (9.92–50.08) N = 20 | — | 100 (2.5–100) N = 1 | 100 (15/81–100) N = 2 | BCC | 92.35 (88.50–96.20) N = 183 | 85.71 (59.79–100) N = 7 | 50 (1.26–98.74) N = 2 | 0 (1.25–84.18) = 1 | Bowen | 16.66 (0–46.47) N = 6 | 25 (0–67.43) N = 4 | 50 (1.26–98.74) N = 2 | — | Malignant melanoma | 0 (1.25–84.18) N = 1 | 100 (2.5–100) N = 1 | 100 (15.81–100) N = 2 | 100 (2.5–100) N = 1 | Lentigo maligna | 40 (0–82.94) N = 5 | — | — | — | Kaposi’s sarcoma | — | — | — | 100 (2.5–100) N = 1 | Mycosis fungoides | 66.66 (13.32–100) N = 3 | 90 (71.41–100) N = 10 | 100 (29.24–100) N = 3 | 83.33 (53.51–100) N = 6 | Malignant adnexal tumors | 85.18 (71.78–98.58) N = 27 | —- | — | — | Paget’s disease | — | 100 (29.24–100) N = 3 | — | — |
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