Research Article
The Diagnostic Value of Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound and Enhanced CT Combined with Tumor Markers AFP and CA199 in Liver Cancer
Table 2
Comparison of ultrasound characteristics between patients with liver cancer and benign liver lesions (n).
| Ultrasound characteristics | Liver cancer (n = 256) | Benign lesions (n = 110) | X2 | |
| Location | Middle-upper | 143 | 69 | 1.489 | >0.05 | Bottom | 113 | 41 |
| Boundary | Distinct | 84 | 73 | 35.358 | <0.01 | Blurry | 172 | 37 |
| Echo | Symmetrical | 68 | 66 | 37.067 | <0.01 | Unevenness | 188 | 44 |
| Morphology | Regular | 91 | 75 | 33.063 | <0.01 | Irregularity | 165 | 35 |
| Aspect ratio | >1 | 157 | 37 | 23.686 | <0.01 | ≤1 | 99 | 73 |
| Blood flow signal | 0∼1 | 61 | 82 | 83.135 | <0.01 | 2∼3 | 195 | 28 |
| Lymph node metastasis | No | 101 | 27 | 7.519 | <0.01 | Yes | 155 | 83 |
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