Table 4 Median stiffness value of benign and malignant lesions, the liver parenchyma and median lesion/parenchymal stiffness ratio
From: Role of shear wave sono-elastography (SWE) in characterization of hepatic focal lesions
Variables | Malignant hepatic focal lesions N = 52 | Benign hepatic focal lesions N = 23 | ZP value |
|---|---|---|---|
Focal lesion | |||
Median (min-max) | 20.22 (14.04–37.51) | 10.68 (0.0–27.76) | < 0.001* |
Parenchymal | |||
Median (min-max) | 7.86 (4.48–18.20) | 5.97 (4.38–7.08) | 0.002* |
Lesion/parenchymal ratio | |||
Median (min-max) | 2.69 (0.83–5.50) | 1.97 (0.0–4.82) | 0.288 |