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Table 3 Sensitivity and specificity of significant CT features for differentiating GEPs from GST

From: CT differentiation of gastric ectopic pancreas from gastric stromal tumor

CT features

Sensitivity

Specificity

Qualitative features

 Location at the body and antrum

94.1% (16/17)

42% (50/119)

 Round or oval

88.2% (15/17)

39.5% (47/119)

 Peritumoral infiltration or fat-line of peritumor

35.3% (6/17)

97.5% (116/119)

 Intralesional necrosis absence

94.1% (16/17)

34.5% (41/119)

 Intralesional calcification absence

100% (17/17)

19.3% (23/119)

Quantitative features

 LD (cut off: ≤ 25 mm)

82.4% (14/17)

79.0% (94/119)

 SD (cut off: ≤ 22 mm)

94.1% (16/17)

59.7% (71/119)

 CTu (cut off: ≥ 39.4 HU)

64.7% (11/17)

80.7% (96/119)

 CTu (cut off: ≥ 39.4 HU)

70.6% (12/17)

88.2% (105/119)

 CTp (cut off: ≥ 77.5 HU)

100 and (17/17)

76.5% (91/119)

 DEAP (cut off: ≥ 32.2 HU)

76.5% (13/17)

84.0% (100/119)

 DEPP (cut off: ≥ 42.5 HU)

82.4% (14/17)

79.0% (94/119)

  1. GEPs gastric ectopic pancreas, GST astrointestinal stromal tumor, LD long diameter, SD short diameter; CTu/CTa/CTp the CT attenuation value of unenhancement phase/arterial phase/portal venous phase, DEAP the CT attenuation value of arterial phase-unenhanced phase, DEPP the CT attenuation value of portal venous phase-unenhanced phase