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Table 3 ADC and lost hilum were highly statistically significant in discrimination between malignant and benign lymph nodes

From: The role of diffusion-weighted MR imaging in discrimination between benign and malignant axillary lymph nodes in breast cancer patients

  

Benign pathology

Malignant pathology

Test value

P value

Sig

No. = 15

No. = 29

Hilum

Lost

4 (26.7%)

18 (62.1%)

12.374

0.006

HS

Preserved

9 (60.0%)

3 (10.3%)

Eccentric

1 (6.7%)

5 (17.2%)

Attenuated

1 (6.7%)

3 (10.3%)

Long axis

Mean ± SD

1.95 ± 0.74

1.92 ± 0.79

0.125

0.901

NS

Range

1.11–3.61

1.03–4.87

Short axis

Mean ± SD

1.07 ± 0.29

1.26 ± 0.66

− 1.069

0.291

NS

Range

0.66–1.67

0.64–3.62

Ratio

Mean ± SD

1.85 ± 0.57

1.65 ± 0.58

1.113

0.272

NS

Range

1.3–3.55

1–4.08

ADC

Mean ± SD

0.99 ± 0.26

0.68 ± 0.15

4.932

0.000

HS

Range

0.46–1.56

0.43–1.03

  1. P value > 0.05: non-significant (NS); P value < 0.05: significant (S); P value < 0.01: highly significant (HS)
  2. •: Independent t-test