Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine

Table 1 Site, number, and size of liver lesions

From: Assessment of the percentage of apparent diffusion coefficient value changes as an early indicator of the response of colorectal hepatic metastases to chemotherapy

Variable		No. of patients	(%)
Location of liver deposits
Segment III		4	13.3
Segment IV		6	20.0
Segment V		3	10
Segment VI		1	3.3
Segment VII		8	26.7
Segment VIII		6	20.0
Segment VIII/V interface		1	3.3
Segment VII/VIII interface		1	3.3
Initial number of lesions
1		2	10.0
2		2	10.0
3		2	10.0
4		2	10.0
6		1	5.0
Multiple (> 6)		11	55.0
Lesion size	Median	Mean ± SD	p value
MRI (cm) after 21 days			0.056
Pre-treatment	3.10	4.05 ± 2.73
Post-treatment	2.80	3.84 ± 2.78
CT (cm) after 2 months			0.001*
Pre-treatment	2.98	3.87 ± 2.80
Post-treatment	2.07	2.75 ± 2.38

p value for Wilcoxon signed ranks test for comparing between pre- and post-chemo. *Statistically significant at p ≤ 0.05

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