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Table 1 CT features of three groups of patients

From: Predictive CT features for the diagnosis of primary pulmonary mucoepidermoid carcinoma: comparison with squamous cell carcinomas and adenocarcinomas

Characteristics

PMECs

SCCs

Adenocarcinomas

No. of patients

%

No. of patients

%

No. of patients

%

Tumor size(cm)

2.5 ± 0.2

 

4.9 ± 0.2

 

3.9 ± 0.2

 

Location

 Central type

4

10.8

2

2.6

2

2.6

 Hilar type

29

78.4

33

43.4

5

6.4

 Peripheral type

4

10.8

41

53.9

71

91.0

Margin

 Well-defined

27

73.0

17

22.4

32

41.0

 Ill-defined

10

27.0

59

77.6

46

59.0

Tumor shape

 Irregular

6

16.2

46

60.5

23

29.5

 Regular

31

83.8

30

39.5

55

70.5

Necrosis

 Present

3

8.1

30

39.5

18

23.7

 Absent

34

91.9

46

60.5

60

76.9

Calcification

 Present

6

16.2

16

21.1

10

12.8

 Absent

31

83.8

60

78.9

68

87.2

Enhancement degree

 Marked

25

67.6

11

14.5

20

25.6

 Moderate

10

27.0

32

42.1

31

39.7

 Mild

2

5.4

33

43.4

27

34.6