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Table 4 Diagnostic value of color Doppler ultrasound, elastography and contrast-enhanced multimodal ultrasound for detecting superficial tuberculous lymphadenitis

From: The value of multimodal ultrasonography in differential diagnosis of tuberculous and non-tuberculous superficial lymphadenitis

Multimodal feature score

Sensitivity (%)

Specificity (%)

Positive predictive value (%)

Negative predictive value (%)

Accuracy (%)

Area under ROC curve

Color Doppler

73.68%

68.18%

80.00%

60.00%

71.67%

0.709

Elastography

63.16%

63.64%

75.00%

50.00%

63.33%

0.634

Contrast-enhanced ultrasound

89.47%

63.64%

80.59%

77.78%

80.00%

0.766

Color Doppler + elastography + contrast-enhanced ultrasound were all positive

42.11%

95.45%

94.12%

48.84%

61.67%

0.688

Either color Doppler + elastography + contrast-enhanced ultrasound is positive

100.00%

27.27%

70.37%

100.00%

73.33%

0.636