The Modified Bosniak Classification for Intermediate-Risk Renal Cysts in Children. 2021

Michael Frumer, and Osnat Konen, and Mika Shapira Rootman, and Michalle Soudack, and Aviva Ben-Shlush, and David Ben-Meir
Pediatric Urology Unit, Schneider Children's Medical Center of Israel, Petach Tikva, Israel. Electronic address: mic1039@gmail.com.

To examine correlations of the modified Bosniak categories assigned by radiologists to histological results and inter-rater reliability, focusing on intermediate-risk lesions. The data of pediatric patients who underwent surgery for intermediate-risk complex renal cyst at a tertiary medical center in 2006-2019 were collected retrospectively. Four pediatric radiologists from 2 different medical centers reviewed the available imaging scans, and assigned each to one of the four modified Bosniak classification categories. Binary cohorts of the Bosniak categories (I-II vs III-IV) were compared to the histological results. Diagnostic accuracy (benign- vs intermediate-risk lesion) was calculated for each radiologist and for each imaging modality. Krippendorff's α test was used to measure inter-rater reliability. The cohort included seven children, each with 1 complex cyst that was rated as intermediate-risk on pathological study. The median age was 1.5 years (IQR 1, 11.9). A correct classification was made in 41/56 imaging readings (sensitivity 73.2%). Applying Krippendorff's test to the binary Bosniak cohorts yielded poor inter-rater agreement (α = 0.08). Implementation of the modified Bosniak classification in children caused a disconcerting underestimation of intermediate risk. There was a low inter-rater consistency for the categories intended to guide decisions regarding surgery or conservative management. The findings suggest that clinicians should be cautious using the modified Bosniak system for children.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007223 Infant A child between 1 and 23 months of age. Infants
D008297 Male Males
D002675 Child, Preschool A child between the ages of 2 and 5. Children, Preschool,Preschool Child,Preschool Children
D005260 Female Females
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000078331 Correlation of Data Determination of whether or not two variables are correlated. This means to study whether an increase or decrease in one variable corresponds to an increase or decrease in the other variable. Correlation Studies,Correlation Study,Data Correlation,Data Correlations,Studies, Correlation,Study, Correlation
D012189 Retrospective Studies Studies used to test etiologic hypotheses in which inferences about an exposure to putative causal factors are derived from data relating to characteristics of persons under study or to events or experiences in their past. The essential feature is that some of the persons under study have the disease or outcome of interest and their characteristics are compared with those of unaffected persons. Retrospective Study,Studies, Retrospective,Study, Retrospective
D015203 Reproducibility of Results The statistical reproducibility of measurements (often in a clinical context), including the testing of instrumentation or techniques to obtain reproducible results. The concept includes reproducibility of physiological measurements, which may be used to develop rules to assess probability or prognosis, or response to a stimulus; reproducibility of occurrence of a condition; and reproducibility of experimental results. Reliability and Validity,Reliability of Result,Reproducibility Of Result,Reproducibility of Finding,Validity of Result,Validity of Results,Face Validity,Reliability (Epidemiology),Reliability of Results,Reproducibility of Findings,Test-Retest Reliability,Validity (Epidemiology),Finding Reproducibilities,Finding Reproducibility,Of Result, Reproducibility,Of Results, Reproducibility,Reliabilities, Test-Retest,Reliability, Test-Retest,Result Reliabilities,Result Reliability,Result Validities,Result Validity,Result, Reproducibility Of,Results, Reproducibility Of,Test Retest Reliability,Validity and Reliability,Validity, Face
D015588 Observer Variation The failure by the observer to measure or identify a phenomenon accurately, which results in an error. Sources for this may be due to the observer's missing an abnormality, or to faulty technique resulting in incorrect test measurement, or to misinterpretation of the data. Two varieties are inter-observer variation (the amount observers vary from one another when reporting on the same material) and intra-observer variation (the amount one observer varies between observations when reporting more than once on the same material). Bias, Observer,Interobserver Variation,Intraobserver Variation,Observer Bias,Inter-Observer Variability,Inter-Observer Variation,Interobserver Variability,Intra-Observer Variability,Intra-Observer Variation,Intraobserver Variability,Inter Observer Variability,Inter Observer Variation,Inter-Observer Variabilities,Inter-Observer Variations,Interobserver Variabilities,Interobserver Variations,Intra Observer Variability,Intra Observer Variation,Intra-Observer Variabilities,Intra-Observer Variations,Intraobserver Variabilities,Intraobserver Variations,Observer Variations,Variabilities, Inter-Observer,Variabilities, Interobserver,Variabilities, Intra-Observer,Variabilities, Intraobserver,Variability, Inter-Observer,Variability, Interobserver,Variability, Intra-Observer,Variability, Intraobserver,Variation, Inter-Observer,Variation, Interobserver,Variation, Intra-Observer,Variation, Intraobserver,Variation, Observer,Variations, Inter-Observer,Variations, Interobserver,Variations, Intra-Observer,Variations, Intraobserver,Variations, Observer
D052177 Kidney Diseases, Cystic A heterogeneous group of hereditary and acquired disorders in which the KIDNEY contains one or more CYSTS unilaterally or bilaterally (KIDNEY, CYSTIC). Cystic Kidney Diseases,Cystic Renal Diseases,Kidney, Cystic,Cystic Kidney,Cystic Kidney Disease,Cystic Kidneys,Cystic Renal Disease,Disease, Cystic Kidney,Disease, Cystic Renal,Diseases, Cystic Kidney,Diseases, Cystic Renal,Kidney Disease, Cystic,Kidneys, Cystic,Renal Disease, Cystic,Renal Diseases, Cystic

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