Research Article

A CT-Based Radiomics Approach for the Differential Diagnosis of Sarcomatoid and Clear Cell Renal Cell Carcinoma

Table 2

Subjective CT findings of SRCC and CCRCC patient groups.

Imaging featuresSRCC (29)CCRCC (99) value

Spread pattern
Infiltrative16 (55.17%)12 (12.12%)<0.001a
Noninfiltrative13 (44.83%)87 (87.88%)
Venous thrombus
Present6 (20.69%)3 (3.03%)0.001a
Absent23 (79.31%)96 (96.97%)
Intratumoral neovascularity
Present14 (48.28%)30 (30.30%)0.073a
Absent15 (51.72)69 (60.70%)
Peritumoral neovascularity
Present24 (82.76%)58 (58.59%)0.017a
Absent5 (17.24%)41 (41.41%)
Calcification
Present13 (44.83%)19 (19.19%)0.005a
Absent16 (55.17%)80 (80.81%)
Diameter (cm, )<0.001b

std: standard deviation; is set as significant difference; a test; bStudent’s -test.