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. 2012 Jul;85(1015):e254–e261. doi: 10.1259/bjr/42420290

Table 4. Summary of results.

DT Site Size (cm2)
Infiltration
T2 signal Enhancement ratio
CT MRI Bowel Ureter SMA origin CT MRI
1 IA 63 61 Yes Yes No Low 0.47 0.75
2 AW 181 179 High 0.43 1.38
3 IA 79 81 Yes Yes No Low 0.49 1.38
4 IA 11 10 No Yes No Low 0.54 1.12
5 EA 215 215 Low 0.5 1.24
6 AW 28 27 High 0.48 1.81
7 IA 74 72 Yes Yes No Low 0.49 0.75
8 EA 41 39 Low 0.79 0.33
9 AW 13 14 Low 0.69 0.99
10 AW 49 51 High 0.66 2.17
11 IA 85 84 Yes No No Low 0.7 0.66
12 EA 15 14 High 0.53 0.87
13 AW 5 4 Low 0.67 1.11
14 IA 73 72 No No No Low 0.43 1.66
15 AW 74 72 No Yes No High 0.25 1.26
16 AW 5 7 Intermediate 0.38 1.07
17 IA 126 126 No No No Low 0.37 0.88
18 IA 22 21 Yes No No Low 0.25 0.91
19 AW 3 4 Intermediate 0.19 0.89
20 IA 26 27 No No No Low 0.36 0.72
21 AW 2 3 High 0.38 1.55
Median 41 39 Mean 0.479 1.12
Range 2–215 3–215 Standard deviation 0.159 0.432
p-valuea 0.985 p-valueb <0.0001

AW, abdominal wall; DT, desmoid tumour; EA, extra-abdominal; IA, intra-abdominal; SMA, superior mesenteric artery; T2, T2 weighted MRI.

aMann–Whitney U-test.

bStudent's t-test.