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MRI Diagnostic Performance and Inter-Observer Agreement of Kaiser Score in The Assessment of Different Breast Lesions

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Last updated: 03 Jan 2025

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Introduction: to evaluate Kaiser Score's diagnostic efficacy and inter-reader reliability and contrast it with the typical BI-RADS Lexicon.Materials and methods: This retrospective study included 100 participants with a total of 109 breast lesions, at Assiut University hospital in the period from January 2021 to June 2021. The fifth edition of the MRI BI-RADS Lexicon was used to determine the BI-RADS category for each lesion after two radiologists reviewed all MRI scans. Following the flowchart for the Kaiser Score, they were then categorized according to BI-RADS category assignments. Finally, a comparison of the Kaiser BI-RADS and score results with the MRI BI-RADS and histological data was made to assess the diagnostic accuracy and inter-observer agreement. Results: There was no noticeable difference between the Kaiser score and the BI-RADS, MRI BI-RADS, or the BI-RADS as the p-values for the diagnosis of all breast lesions, whether mass or NMEL, were 0.597, 0.84, and 0.495 respectively. The inter-observer agreement between Readers 1 and 2 in the diagnosis of all breast lesions, regardless of whether they were mass lesions or NMELs, using both Kaiser BI-RADS and MRI BI-RADS, was also significantly higher since the p-value was less than 0.001. Conclusion: Kaiser score and MRI BI-RADS can be combined to enhance reader agreement and reduce experience-related variability. For readers with less experience, it can also be very helpful in making the diagnosis of doubtful and suspicious breast lesions.  

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10.21608/ejhm.2022.254087

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Kaiser BI-RADS, Kaiser score, MRI BI-RADS, NMEL

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Marwa

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Makboul

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Radiodiagnosis department, Assiut University, Faculty of Medicine

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makboul@aun.edu.eg

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Assiut

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Shimaa

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Farghaly

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sh.f@aun.edu.eg

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88

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1

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33970

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2022-07-01

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2022-08-11

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2022-07-01

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4,075

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1687-2002

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2090-7125

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The Egyptian Journal of Hospital Medicine

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MRI Diagnostic Performance and Inter-Observer Agreement of Kaiser Score in The Assessment of Different Breast Lesions

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22 Jan 2023