Table 2.
Ultrasonographic predictive parameters for the diagnosis of benign and malignant adrenal lesions
| Histopathological diagnosis | No. of lesions | Adrenal side | Lesion shape | Lesion size | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n (%) | n (%) | Median (Range) mm | |||||||
| L | R | Bi | A | B | C | D | |||
| Benign Lesions | 21 | 7 (50) | 4 (25) | 10 (71.4) | 3 (75) | 0 (0) | 17 (65.4) | 1 (16.7) | 7.05 (3-16.1) |
| Malignant Lesions | 23 | 7 (50) | 12 (75) | 4 (28.6) | 1 (25) | 8 (100) | 9 (34.9) | 5 (83.3) | 10.8 (3-70.5) |
| p-value | 1 | 0.03* | 0.04* | 0.33 | 0.004* | 0.006* | 0.18 | 0.0001* | |
L left side, R right side, Bi bilateral side. A Homogeneous enlargement, B Irregular enlargement, C Nodular lesion, D Multiple nodular lesions. *P <0.05