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Table 2 Conventional MRI combined with DWI in detection of ovarian malignancy, nodal, and peritoneal deposits correlated to histopathology

From: The Role of Diffusion Weighted Imaging in suspected cases of ovarian cancer

Conventional MRI and DWI

Histopathology

Pearson chi-square

Malignant

Non-malignant

Value

P*

Ovarian Masses

Malignant

23 (100%)

8 (28.6%)

27.028a

0.000

Benign

0 (0%)

20 (71.4%)

Total

23 (100%)

28 (100%)

Lymph nodes

Metastatic

11 (100%)

5 (13.9%)

27.825a

0.000

Non-metastatic

0 (0%)

31 (86.1%)

Total

11 (100%)

36 (100%)

Peritoneal deposits

Carcinomatosis

18 (100%)

3 (9%)

39.7403a

0.000

No carcinomatosis

0 (0%)

30 (90.9%)

Total

18 (100%)

33 (100%)

  1. Chi-square tests—P value > 0.05, non significant; P value < 0.05, significant; P value < 0.001, highly significant
  2. athe significance level