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Table 1 Historical results and patient characteristics

From: Diagnostic value of diffusion-weighted MR imaging in thyroid disease: application in differentiating benign from malignant disease

Histological categories

Number(%)

Mean age(yrs)

Female(%)

Mean maximum diameter(cm)

Benign

28(66.7)

41.7

21(75)

3.63 ± 0.37

Thyroid adenoma

20(47.6)

42.6

15(53.6)

3.53 ± 0.25

Nodular goiter

6(14.3)

39.3

5(17.9)

3.95 ± 0.65

Hashimoto's thyroiditis

2(4.8)

35.6

1(3.6)

3.71 ± 0.11

Malignant

14(33.3)

45.3

11(78.6)

2.55 ± 0.41

Thyroid papillary carcinoma

11(26.2)

41.9

9(64.4)

2.73 ± 0.54

Follicular thyroid cancer

2(4.8)

49.1

1(7.1)

1.7 ± 0.13

Atypical hyperplasia

1(2.4)

45

1(7.1)

2.3