Research Article
Ultrasound Microvascular Blood Flow Evaluation: A New Tool for the Management of Thyroid Nodule?
Table 3
Demographic and ultrasound characteristics between patients with benign and malignant nodule.
| | Benign nodule | Malignant nodule | value |
| Gender (F/M) | 99/15 | 93/35 | 0.005 | Age (yr) | | | 0.641 | Nodule size (mm) | | | 0.941 | Ultrasound feature of nodule | | | | Hypoechogenicity (Y/N) | 83/31 | 92/36 | 0.873 | Microcalcification (Y/N) | 40/74 | 63/65 | 0.018 | Blurred margins (Y/N) | 37/77 | 52/76 | 0.532 | Intranodular vascularization (Y/N) | 48/66 | 89/39 | 0.001 | SMI (score 1/2) | 45/69 | 23/105 | 0.001 |
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