Table 1.
Characteristics of atypical liver nodules.
| Characteristics | Nodules (N° 128) |
p Value |
|---|---|---|
|
Dimension (mm) [mean ± SD] Subgroups |
16.3 ± 5.2 | |
| 10–20 (n; %) | 107 (83.6) | ref. |
| 21–30 (n; %) | 12 (9.3) | <0.001 |
| 31–40 (n; %) | 9 (7.0) | <0.001 |
| Liver segment | ||
| 1 (n; %) | 0 | <0.001 |
| 2 (n; %) | 16 (12.5) | ref. |
| 3 (n; %) | 16 (12.5) | 1.000 |
| 4 (n; %) | 13 (10.1) | 0.554 |
| 5 (n; %) | 19 (14.8) | 0.585 |
| 6 (n; %) | 14 (10.9) | 0.698 |
| 7 (n; %) | 18 (14.1) | 0.713 |
| 8 (n; %) | 32 (25.0) | 0.010 |
| Location | ||
| Anterior, superficial (n; %) | 67 (52.3) | ref. |
| Posterior, superficial (n; %) | 25 (19.5) | <0.001 |
| Centrohepatic (n; %) | 28 (21.9) | <0.001 |
| Deep behind a fictitious line of the portal axis (n; %) | 8 (6.2) | <0.001 |
| Contrast behaviour | ||
| Arterial hypervascularisation (n; %) | 49 (38.3) | ref. |
| No arterial hypervascularisation (n; %) | 79 (61.7) | <0.001 |
SD: standard deviation.