Table 3 Findings for the 99 non-fatty tumors
From: Performance of Sonoelastography for predicting malignancy in soft tissue
Overall cohort | Benign | Malignant | P value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Number of patients, n (%) | 99 | 55 (55.6) | 44 (44.4) | – |
Males/Females, n (%) | 55/44 (52.5/47.5) | 26/29 (47.3/52.7) | 26/18 (59.1/40.9) | 0.24 |
Age, y, mean ± SD | 46.6 (range 16–86) | 44.9 ± 17.7 | 49.6 ± 17.4 | 0.14 |
Location: deep/superficial, n (%) | 72/27 (72.7/27.3) | 36/19 (65.4/34.5) | 36/8 (81.8/18.2) | 0.07 |
Maximum diameter, mm, median (IQR) | 50 (31–68) | 44 (27–60) | 58 (37–74) | 0.08 |
Distance from the skin, mm, median (IQR) | 8 (5–11) | 7 (4–10) | 9 (4–11) | 0.13 |
Well-defined margins, yes/no, n (%) | 91/8 (91.9/8.1) | 51/4 (92.7/7.3) | 40/4 (90.9/9.1) | 0.74 |
Multilobular, yes/no, n (%) | 30/69 (30.3/69.7) | 15/40 (27.3/72.7) | 15/29 (34.1/65.9) | 0.46 |
Necrosisb, yes/no, n (%) | 15/83 (15.3/84.7) | 5/49 (9.2/90.7) | 10/34 (22.7/77.3) | 0.06 |
Echotexture hypoechoic n (%) | 60/9 (60.6/39.4) | 33/32 (50.8/49.2) | 27/17 (61.4/38.6) | 0.53 |
Elastography, kPa, median (IQR) | 46.8 (26.8–60.3) | 36.7 (21.9–52.1) | 59.1 (38.2–78.2) | 0.048 |
T/F*, median (IQR) | 3.6 (1.4–6.1) | 2.7 (0.3–5.1) | 5.3 (2.7–7.8) | 0.045 |