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Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine

Table 2 Comparison between benign and malignant according to different parameters on conventional T2

From: The additive diagnostic role of diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance and chemical shift imaging (CSI) in differentiation between malignant and benign cervical lymph nodes

ADC value

Total (n = 31)

ACC to pathology

t

p

Benign (n = 9)

Malignant (n = 22)

Min–Max

0.40–1.40

0.50–1.40

0.40–1.40

2.144*

0.041*

Mean ± SD

0.91 ± 0.26

1.06 ± 0.25

0.85 ± 0.24

Median (IQR)

0.90 (0.70–1.08)

1.07 (1.03–1.20)

0.85 (0.70–1.04)

  1. IQR: Inter-quartile range; SD: Standard deviation; t: Student’s t test; and p: p value for comparing between benign and malignant
  2. *Statistically significant at p ≤ 0.05
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