. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Jun 1.

Published in final edited form as: J Magn Reson Imaging. 2017 Feb 9;46(4):1028–1036. doi: 10.1002/jmri.25656

TABLE 2.

DCE MRI and DWI Lesion Features

MRI characteristic	Upgraded N = 6 median (range) or N (%)	Nonupgraded N = 17 median (range) or N (%)	P value
DCE lesion type			1.0
mass	3 (50%)	10 (59%)
NME	3 (50%)	7 (41%)
DCE kinetics			0.78
Peak enhancement at 120 s (%)	160 (111–348)	199 (105–609)	0.78
Worst curve type			1.0
plateau	0 (0%)	1 (6%)
washout	6 (100%)	16 (94%)
Maximum size (mm)	24 (11–97)	8 (5–98)	0.053
ADC (× 10⁻³ mm²/s)	1.08 (0.88–1.55)	1.39 (0.96–2.13)	0.046

P-values calculated by Wilcoxon rank sum, Fisher’s Exact, or χ² test.

DCE, dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI; NME, nonmass enhancement; ADC, apparent diffusion coefficient.