Table 1.
Relationship between different diagnostic imaging features on MDCT and prognostic outcomes in GISTs
CT characteristics | Favorable prognosis | Intermediate prognosis | Unfavorable prognosis | Author, Year | |
Site | Stomach | Duodenum or rectum | Jejunum or ileum | Al-Thani et al., 2014 | |
Size | <5 cm | >5 cm <10 cm | >10 cm | Miettenen et al., 2006 | |
Single or multiple | Not related | Not related | Not related | Maldonado et al., 2018 | |
Margins | Regular | / | Irregular | Iannicelli | et al., 2009 |
Enhancement | Homogenous | / | Heterogeneous | Levy et al., 2003 |