Table 2.
B-TUS data of the n = 83 patients, subdivided between final malignant and benign PE.
| Variable |
All Patients n = 83 |
Malignant PE n = 42 |
Benign PE n = 41 |
p-Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pathological ultrasound findings with B-TUS | ||||
| Pleural thickening | 28 (33.7%) | 20 (47.6%) | 8 (19.5%) | 0.010 * |
| No pleural thickening | 55 (66.3%) | 22 (52.4%) | 33 (80.5%) | |
| PE volume ≤ 1000 | 51 (61.4%) | 21 (50.0%) | 30 (73.2%) | 0.042 * |
| PE volume > 1000 | 32 (38.6%) | 21 (50.0%) | 11 (26.8%) | |
| Septa or solid formation in PE | 24 (28.9%) | 8 (19.0%) | 16 (39.0%) | 0.055 * |
| No septa or solid formation in PE | 59 (71.1%) | 34 (81.0%) | 25 (61.0%) | |
| Inhomogeneous lung consolidation | 12 (14.5%) | 9 (21.4%) | 3 (7.3%) | 0.116 * |
| Homogeneous lung consolidation | 71 (85.5%) | 33 (78.6%) | 38 (92.7%) | |
The values are indicated as number (%). A p-value < 0.05 was defined as significant. *: Fisher’s exact test.