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Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine

Table 3 Evaluation of different conventional signs of CPA masses

From: Additional diagnostic role of MRI spectroscopy, diffusion and susceptibility imaging in differentiation of CPA masses: our experience with emphasis on schwannomas and meningiomas

 

Diagnosis

χ2

MCp

 

Schwannoma (n = 12)

Meningioma (n = 7)

Other (n = 8)

 

No.

%

No.

%

No.

%

Extension into IAC

10

83.3

5

71.4

2

25.0

6.785*

0.032*

Flaring of IAC

10

83.3

0

0.0

1

12.5

16.181

<0.001*

Dural tail

3

25.0

7

100.0

1

12.5

13.773

<0.001*

Extra-cranial extension

0

0.0

2

28.6

2

25.0

4.042

0.125

  1. χ2 chi-square test, MC Monte Carlo
  2. p: p value for association between different categories
  3. *Statistically significant at p ≤ 0.05
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