Table.5 Contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) features in sarcoidosis versus non-sarcoidosis groups
From: Application of neck ultrasound in the diagnosis of sarcoidosis
Category | Sarcoidosis group | Control subjects | p value4 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tuberculosis group | p value1 | Malignancy group | p value2 | Inflammatory group | p value3 | Total | |||
Enhanced mode | |||||||||
 Centripetal | 0 (0) | 13 (56.5%) |  < 0.001 | 16 (72.7%) |  < 0.001 | 4 (17.4%) |  < 0.001 | 33 (48.5%) |  < 0.001 |
 Centrifugal | 3 (15.0%) | 6 (26.1%) |  | 1 (4.5%) |  | 19 (82.6%) |  | 26 (38.2%) |  |
 Polycentric | 17 (85.0%) | 2 (8.7%) |  | 3 (13.6%) |  | 0 (0) |  | 5 (7.4%) |  |
 Annular | 0 (0) | 2 (8.7%) |  | 2 (9.1%) |  | 0 (0) |  | 4 (5.9%) |  |
Enhanced degree | |||||||||
 Low/equal | 2 (10.0%) | 2 (8.7%) | 0.950 | 0 (0) | 0.647 | 0 (0) | 0.210 | 2 (2.9%) | 0.471 |
 High | 18 (90.0%) | 21 (91.3%) |  | 22 (100%) |  | 23 (100%) |  | 66 (97.1%) |  |
Homogeneity | |||||||||
 Uniform | 20 (100%) | 4 (17.4%) |  < 0.001 | 10 (45.5%) |  < 0.001 | 23 (100%) | – | 37 (54.4%) |  < 0.001 |
 Non-uniform | 0 (0) | 19 (82.6%) |  | 12 (54.5%) |  | 0 (0) |  | 31 (45.6%) |  |
Necrosis | |||||||||
 Presence | 0 (0) | 19 (82.6%) |  < 0.001 | 12 (54.5%) |  < 0.001 | 0 (0) | – | 31 (45.6%) |  < 0.001 |
 Absence | 20 (100%) | 4 (17.4%) |  | 10 (45.5%) |  | 23 (100%) |  | 37 (54.4%) |  |
 Arrival time (s) | 10.4 ± 2.6 | 11.3 ± 3.1 |  | 13.3 ± 3.6 |  | 11.4 ± 3.0 |  |  |  |
 Peak time (s) | 15.5 ± 3.7 | 17.8 ± 3.9 |  | 21.1 ± 5.1 |  | 17.7 ± 3.7 |  |  |  |
 Wash-out time (s) | 22.3 ± 4.5 | 25.9 ± 4.0 |  | 28.4 ± 6.2 |  | 27.1 ± 3.2 |  |  |  |