Correlation of CT enhancement, tumor angiogenesis and pathologic grading of pancreatic carcinoma

Table 1 CT enhancement, pathologic grades and MVD number in hot spot areas of neoplastic parenchymal cells of pancreatic carcinoma

Pathologic grades	No of cases	CT enhancement degree of tumor				MVD in hot spot area in neoplastic parenchymal cells
		I	II	III	IV	+	++	+++	+++
Well differentiated	16	12	3	1	0	8	5	3	0
Moderately differentiated	7	1	4	2	0	1	5	1	0
Poorly differentiated	11	0	2	6	3	1	6	4	0
Total	34	13	9	9	3	10	16	8	0

Table 2 CT enhancement degree in pancreatic phase and MVDs in hot spot areas of tumor parenchyma in pancreatic carcinoma

CT enhancement degree		MVDs in hot spot areas in tumor parenchyma
Enhanced type	n	+	++	+++	++++
I	13	9	4	0	0
II	9	1	5	3	0
III	9	0	6	3	0
IV	3	0	1	2	0