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Main US and CEUS characteristics of the study population patients with carcinomas or benign lesions
| Carcinomas n = 9 |
Benign lesions n = 14 |
P | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age | 68 ± 9 | 60 ± 11 | 0.09 |
| M/F | 3/6 | 5/9 | ns |
| Size (mm) | 20 (10–60) | 12 (10–24) | 0.001 |
| Shape | 3/6 | 14/0 | 0.0001 |
| Polypoid lesions/wall thickening | |||
| Echogenicity | |||
| Hypoechoic/hyperechoic | 7/2 | 2/12 | 0.01 |
| Hysoechoic | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | |
| Texture | |||
| Inhomogeneous | 5 (22.2%) | 1 (7.14%) | ns |
| Enhancement in arterial phase | 9 (100%) | 14 (100%) | ns |
| Washout | 9 (100%) | 2 (14.3%) | 0.0001 |
