Fig 1.
The shape classification of swollen lymph nodes on EUS image.
(a) round shape, (b) oval shape, (c) triangle shape, and (d) polygonal shape.
Fig 2.
The definition of EUS feature of swollen lymph nodes.
(a) fuzzy border, (b) irregular margin, (c) dark echogenicity, (d) homogeneous, (e) hilum of a lymph node.
Table 1.
Comparison of EUS features between benign and malignant lymphadenopathy.
Table 2.
Primary lesion of malignant lymphadenopathy.
Table 3.
Inter-rater agreement of EUS features in 68 lymphadenopathies.
Fig 3.
The ROC curve to compare our new proposed criteria (blue line) with the old criteria (red line).
Our new proposed criteria were significantly superior to the old criteria (P < 0.001). Note. AUC; area under the curve.
Table 4.
Accuracy of the previously used criteria and our proposed criteria.