Correlation between Ultrasonographic Appearance of Papillary Thyroid Microcarcinoma and BRAF V600E Mutation

Table 1

PTMC diagnostic results obtained via color Doppler ultrasonography, BRAF V600E testing, or cytopathology analysis alone and in combination, versus the pathological results.

	Classification	Pathology (number of cases)		Accuracy	value
		M	B
(1) Color Doppler ultrasonography	M	85	18	81.67%	>0.05
	B	15	62
(2) BRAF V600E testing	M	56	0	75.56%	>0.05
	B	44	80
(3) Cytopathology analysis	M	61	6	78.62%	>0.05
	B	28	64
	Uncertain	11	10
Combination of (1) and (2)	M	96	18	87.78%	<0.05
	B	4	62
Combination of (2) and (3)	M	83	6	88.55%	<0.05
	B	13	64
	Uncertain	4	10

: statistically different; : not statistically different; M: malignant nodule; B: benign nodule.