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Table 5 MRI features of papillomas manifesting as NME lesions

From: Magnetic resonance imaging features for differentiating breast papilloma with high-risk or malignant lesions from benign papilloma: a retrospective study on 158 patients

Variables

Group A

(n = 24)

Group B

(n = 13)

P value

Size (mm)

20.9 (11.8–29.0)

27.3 (14.0–45.8)

0.294

Distribution

  

0.006

 Focal or linear

21 (87.5%)

5 (38.5%)

 

 Segmental or regional

3 (12.5%)

8 (61.5%)

 

Duct dilation

14 (58.3%)

11 (84.6%)

0.149

TIC

  

0.270

 Persistent

16 (66.7%)

6 (46.2%)

 

 Plateau

6 (25.0%)

3 (23.1%)

 

 Washout

2 (8.3%)

4 (30.8%)

 

ADC value (×10−3 mm/s2)*

1.32 ± 0.29

1.32 ± 0.23

1.000

  1. TIC = time-signal intensity curve; ADC = apparent diffusion coefficient
  2. *ADC values of eight cases of benign papillomas and seven cases of the non-benign papillomas were available