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

Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine

Table 3 Mean 3D ADC values of histopathologically proved malignant and non-malignant ovarian lesions, lymph nodes, and peritoneal deposits

	Pathology	N	Mean value	P*
Ovarian masses	Benign	28	1.516 ± 0.6	0.003
Ovarian masses	Malignant	23	0.977 ± 0.3	0.003
Lymph nodes	Non-malignant	36	1.208 ± 0.25	0.006
Lymph nodes	Malignant	11	0.934 ± 0.27	0.006
Peritoneal deposits	No carcinomatosis	33	1.46 ± 0.43	0.001
Peritoneal deposits	Carcinomatosis	18	0.956 ± 0.25	0.001

Wilcoxon rank-sum test—ADC value (× 10⁻³ mm²/s)
*P value > 0.05, non significant; P value < 0.05, significant; P value < 0.01, highly significant