Table 4 Ultrasound criteria in the benign and malignant lesions
From: Role of shear wave elastography in characterization of hepatic focal lesions
US criteria | Benign lesions, N = 28 (25.45%) | Malignant lesions, N = 82 (74.54%) | χ2 | p value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liver | Size | 0.895 | 0.596 | ||
• Average • Enlarged | 12 (42.9%) 16 (57.1) | 36 (43.9%) 46 (56.1%) | |||
Echo pattern | 8.564 | 0.004 | |||
• Non-cirrhotic • Cirrhotic | 22 (78.6%) 6 (21.4%) | 28 (34.1%) 54 (65.9%) | |||
Focal lesion | Number | 1.657 | 0.643 | ||
• One • Two • Three • Multiple | 18 (64.3%) 6 (21.4%) 2 (7.1%) 2 (7.1%) | 64 (78%) 14 (17.1%) 2 (2.4%) 2 (2.4%) | |||
Echogenicity | 2.854 | 0.410 | |||
• Echogenic • Heterogenic • Hypoecchoic • Isoecchoic | 10 (35.7%) 2 (7.1%) 14 (50%) 2 (7.1%) | 14 17.1%) 16 (19.5%) 42 (51.2%) 10 (12.2%) | |||
Margin | 0.323 | 0.124 | |||
• Ill-defined • Well-defined | 6 (21.4%) 22 (78.6%) | 24 (29.3%) 58 (70.7%) | |||
Spleen | • Normal • Enlarged | 18 (64.3%) 10 (35.7%) | 24 (29.3%) 58 (70.7%) | 5.362 | 0.023 |
Ascite | • No • minimal | 28 (100%) 0 (0) | 46 (56.1%) 36 (43.9%) | 9.824 | 0.019 |