Table 2 EUS findings.

From: The role of EUS elastography-guided fine needle biopsy in the histological diagnosis of solid pancreatic lesions: a prospective exploratory study

Variable

 

Heterogeneous

Homogeneous

P value

MSV (whole)

Median (IQR)

50.5(38.9–66.7)

28.4(18.9–31.4)

 < 0.0001

  

Hard

Soft

  

MSV (area)

Median (IQR)

24.4(15.8–30.5)

100.9(67.7–122.0)

-

 < 0.0001

Proportion of soft area

n

n

 
 

 ~ 10%

0

27

 < 0.0001

 

11 ~ 30%

3

0

 

31 ~ 50%

15

0

 

51% ~ 

7

3

  1. MSV the mean strain value.