Long-term follow-up of liver alveolar echinococcosis using echinococcosis multilocularis ultrasound classification

Table 3 Diameter of hepatic alveolar echinococcosis reference lesions at the time of ultrasound 1, subdivided by Echinococcosis Multilocularis Ulm Classification-ultrasound classification

	mean ± SD, min-max		P value
	EMUC-US	Hailstorm pattern (n = 25)
Pseudohemangioma-like pattern (n = 10)	83.5 ± 27.3, 44-121	67.4 ± 26.3, 12-124	0.1491
Pseudocystic pattern (n = 9)	113.7 ± 40.8, 54-198	67.4 ± 26.3, 12-124	0.0017
Metastasis-like pattern (n = 15)	21.7 ± 11.0, 7-44	67.4 ± 26.3, 12-124	< 0.0001
	EMUC-US	Pseudohemangioma-like pattern (n = 10)
Pseudocystic pattern (n = 9)	113.7 ± 40.8, 54-198	83.5 ± 27.3, 44-121	0.1304
Metastasis-like pattern (n = 15)	21.7 ± 11.0, 7-44	83.5 ± 27.3, 44-121	< 0.0001
	EMUC-US	Pseudocystic pattern (n = 9)
Metastasis-like pattern (n = 15)	21.7 ± 11.0, 7-44	113.7 ± 40.8, 54-198	< 0.0001

EMUC-US: Echinococcosis Multilocularis Ulm Classification-ultrasound.