| Variable |
Nuclear Size |
Chi2
P-value |
≤ 30 µm
n (%) |
> 30 µm
n (%) |
| Total |
35 (100) |
27 (100) |
- |
| Cell differentiation |
- |
- |
1.000 |
| Well/moderately differentiated |
24 (69) |
19 (70) |
- |
| Poorly differentiated |
11 (31) |
8 (30) |
- |
| Histologic type |
- |
- |
.012 |
| Epithelial |
35 (100) |
22 (82) |
- |
| Biphasic |
0 (0) |
5 (18) |
- |
| Nuclear/cytoplasmic ratio |
- |
- |
< .001 |
| Normal |
33 (94) |
9 (33) |
- |
| Increased |
2 (6) |
18 (67) |
- |
| Mitotic count |
- |
- |
.001 |
| ≤ 4 |
34 (97) |
17 (63) |
- |
| > 4 |
1 (3) |
10 (37) |
- |
| Atypical mitosis |
- |
- |
< .001 |
| Absent |
35 (100) |
16 (59) |
- |
| Present |
0 (0) |
11 (41) |
- |
| Tumor necrosis |
- |
- |
< .001 |
| Absent |
31 (89) |
12 (44) |
- |
| Present |
4 (11) |
15 (56) |
- |
| Pleomorphism |
- |
- |
.359 |
| Absent |
29 (83) |
19 (70) |
- |
| Present |
6 (17) |
8 (30) |
- |
| Perineural invasion |
- |
- |
.279 |
| Absent |
32 (91) |
22 (82) |
- |
| Present |
3 (9) |
5 (19) |
- |
| Lymph nodal involvement |
- |
- |
.223 |
| Absent |
33 (94) |
22 (82) |
- |
| Present |
2 (6) |
5 (18) |
- |
| Depth of invasion |
- |
- |
.124 |
| Infiltration limited to subserosal layer |
24 (69) |
13 (48) |
- |
| Infiltration beyond subserosal layer |
11 (31) |
14 (52) |
- |
| Chromatin Pattern |
- |
- |
< .001 |
| Uniform/granular |
35 (100) |
0 (0) |
- |
| Clear |
0 (0) |
27 (100) |
- |
| Nucleolar size |
- |
- |
< .001 |
| ≤ 3 µm |
35 (100) |
0 (0) |
- |
| > 3 µm |
0 (0) |
27 (100) |
- |
|