Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasonography for Differential Diagnosis of Benign and Malignant Thyroid Lesions: Single-Institutional Prospective Study of Qualitative and Quantitative CEUS Characteristics
Table 4
Basic characteristics of analysed patients.
Characteristic sex
N = 68
%
Female
54
79.4
Age
Median
54
Range
26–80
Size of lesion (mm)
Median
24
Range
9–99
Lesion composition
Solid
44
64.7
Cystic
0
Spongiform
7
10.3
Mixed
17
25.0
Biological nature
Benign
55
80.9
Malignant—papillary thyroid carcinoma
10
14.7
Malignant—follicular carcinoma
1
1.5
Malignant—DLBCL
1
1.5
Malignant metastasis—colorectal carcinoma
1
1.5
Localization
Right lobe
35
51.5
Left lobe
29
42.6
Isthmus
4
5.9
Reference method
Histopathology
48
70.6
FNA
20
29.4
Purely cystic lesions were not included in this study.
