Table 3 Comparison of Clinicopathological and Imaging characteristics in non-PND patients with benign or malignant lesions.

From: Analysis of the clinicopathological and imaging features in breast intraductal papillary lesions with or without pathological nipple discharge

Variable

Benign (n=70)

Malignant (n=27)

X2

P-value

Age (year)

 ≤50

45

2

25.238

<0.001

 >50

25

25

Lesion size

 ≤1 cm

46

7

12.446

<0.001

 >1 cm

24

20

Touchable mass

 Yes

20

23

25.306

<0.001

 No

50

4

Distance of lesion from nipple

 ≤2 cm

52

10

11.722

<0.001

 2 cm

18

17

Vascularity on US

 Yes

32

17

2.319

0.128

 No

38

10

Irregular shape on US

 Yes

33

14

0.173

0.677

 No

37

13

Ductal change on US

 Yes

24

7

0.626

0.429

 No

46

20

Abnormal mammogram

 Yes

22

21

16.961

<0.001

 No

48

6

BIRADS

 3–4 A

48

5

19.695

<0.001

 4B-5

22

22

  1. US: Ultrasound; BI-RADS: Breast Imaging- Reporting and Data system.