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Table 5 Diagnostic performance of cytological diagnoses

From: Diagnostic accuracy of oral cancer cytology in a pilot study

Discrimination of result of cytological diagnosis

Histopathological diagnosisa

Sensitivity (%)

Specificity (%)

Positive

Predictive

value

(%)

Negative

Predictive

value

(%)

Positive (n = 153)

Negative (n = 174)

Worse than NILM

143

86

93.5

50.6

62.4

89.8

NILM

10

88

    

Worse than LSIL

119

28

77.8

83.9

81.0

81.1

NILM or LSIL

34

146

    
  1. NILM negative for intraepithelial lesion or malignancy, LSIL low-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion, HSIL high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion, SCC squamous cell carcinoma, OIN oral intraepithelial neoplasia, CIS carcinoma in situ, a: Positive included Positive, OIN/CIS, and Borderline lesion + based on the result of histopathological diagnosis, and Negative included Negative and Borderline lesion –