The Value of Peripheral Enhancement Pattern for Diagnosing Thyroid Cancer Using Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound

Table 3

The conventional US and CEUS findings of thyroid benign and malignant nodules.

	Benign histology	Malignant histology	Total
U(−)C(−)	54	1	55
U(+)C(+)	0	40	40
U(+)C(−)	23	0	23
U(−)C(+)	1	1	2
Total	78	42	120

U = conventional US, C = contrast-enhanced ultrasound. (+) indicates malignant diagnosis and (−) indicates benign diagnosis.