Table 2.
Comparison of internal findings of the nodule according to therapeutic success
| Variable | 6 Months |
1 Year |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Therapeutic success | Non-therapeutic success | P-value | Therapeutic success | Non-therapeutic success | P-value | |
| Number | 18 | 4 | 20 | 2 | ||
| Volume (mL) | 14.3±13.1 (5.1-62.8) | 9.8±5.8 (2.2-15.3) | 0.330 | 14.9±13.8 (2.2-62.8) | 7.9±3.8 (5.2-10.6) | 0.537 |
| Size (cm) | 3.8±1.0 (2.7-6.8) | 3.4±1.5 (1.8-5.3) | 0.420 | 3.9±1.1 (1.8-6.8) | 3.2±0.4 (2.9-3.9) | 0.346 |
| Site | 0.541 | >0.990 | ||||
| Right | 12 | 4 | 14 | 2 | ||
| Left | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Composition | >0.990 | 0.247 | ||||
| Solid | 10 | 2 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Mixed | 7 | 2 | 7 | 2 | ||
| Cystic | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Echogenicity | >0.990 | >0.990 | ||||
| Marked hypoechogenicity | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hypoechogenicity | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Isoechogenicity | 17 | 4 | 19 | 2 | ||
| Margin | 0.135 | 0.026 | ||||
| Ill-defined | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Well-defined | 16 | 2 | 18 | 0 | ||
| Shape | NA | NA | ||||
| Ovoid-to-round | 18 | 4 | 20 | 2 | ||
| Taller-than-wide | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Irregular | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Calcification | >0.990 | >0.990 | ||||
| None | 17 | 4 | 19 | 2 | ||
| Microcalcification | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Macrocalcification | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Vascularity | >0.990 | >0.990 | ||||
| None | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Internal | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Marginal | 12 | 3 | 13 | 2 | ||
Values are presented as the number of patients or mean±SD (range).
NA, not applicable.