Table 2. MRI features in superficial soft tissue masses.
Variable (Univariate analysis) | Non-malignant | Malignant | p-value | |
Tumor Size | <5 cm | 100 | 32 | 0.035 |
≧5 cm | 54 | 33 | ||
Margin | Well defined | 113 | 40 | 0.107 |
Irregular | 41 | 25 | ||
Lobulation | Positive | 57 | 33 | 0.071 |
Negative | 97 | 32 | ||
Intratumoral hemorrhage | Positive | 53 | 29 | 0.17 |
Negative | 101 | 36 | ||
Peritumoral edema | Positive | 47 | 30 | 0.031 |
Negative | 107 | 35 | ||
Tumor-fascia relationship (Galant classification) | 1·2·3 | 107 | 21 | <0.001 |
4·5 | 47 | 44 | ||
Variable (Multivariate analysis) | B | S.E. | OR (95%CI) | p-value |
Tumor Size | 0.74 | 0.37 | 2.10 (1.01–4.37) | 0.047 |
Margin | -0.51 | 0.44 | 0.60 (0.25–1.43) | 0.248 |
Lobulation | 0.41 | 0.39 | 1.51 (0.71–3.22) | 0.283 |
Intratumoral hemorrhage | 0.12 | 0.41 | 1.13 (0.50–2.54) | 0.77 |
Peritumoral edema | 0.26 | 0.38 | 1.29 (0.62–2.72) | 0.497 |
Tumor-fascia relationship (Galant classification) | 1.77 | 0.39 | 5.86 (2.74–12.5) | <0.001 |
B, Regression coefficient; S.E., Standard error; OR, Odds ratio; CI, Confidence intervals