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Table 2 Morphological features of benign and malignant breast lesions

From: Feasibility study of dual parametric 2D histogram analysis of breast lesions with dynamic contrast-enhanced and diffusion-weighted MRI

 

Benign

Malignant

P value

No. of lesions

44

72

 

Age (years)

39.54 ± 11.75

50.46 ± 11.54

< 0.001

Distribution

  

0.974

 Mass

40

64

 

 Non-mass enhancement

4

8

 

Diameter (mm)

23.08 ± 13.49

23.89 ± 13.57

0.451

Shape (only mass)

  

0.214

 Oval/round

27

34

 

 Irregular

13

30

 

Margins (only mass)

  

< 0.001

 Spiculated

17

57

 

 Circumscribed

23

7

 

Enhancement pattern

  

< 0.001

 Homogeneous

13

12

 

 Heterogeneous

19

47

 

 Rim

5

13

 

 Dark internal septations

7

0

 
  1. Data are reported as the number of lesions and values of parameters (mean ± standard deviation)
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Journal of Translational Medicine

ISSN: 1479-5876

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