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Table 4 Comparison of histological characteristics between carcinomatous tumors and each benign lesion and between sebaceous adenoma and other benign lesions (P values)

From: Machine learning for classification of cutaneous sebaceous neoplasms: implementing decision tree model using cytological and architectural features

Characteristics

SH vs. CT

SB vs. CT

SA vs. CT

SH vs. SA

SB vs. SA

Pagetoid appearance

0.00

0.02

0.05

-

-

Vascular invasion

0.03

0.56

0.56

-

-

Neural invasion

0.01

0.30

0.31

-

-

Atypical mitosis

0.00

0.00

0.00

-

-

Cystic appearance

0.00

0.74

1

0.00

1

Ulceration and erosion

0.00

0.01

0.17

0.00

0.34

Ductal differentiation

0.00

0.03

0.03

0.03

0.00

Squamous differentiation

0.00

0.88

0.00

0.20

0.03

Basaloid cell count

0.00

1

0.00

-

0.00

Tumor margin

0.00

0.00

0.00

-

-

Necrotic area

0.00

0.00

0.00

-

1

Cell differentiation

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.20

0.00

Tumor growth pattern

0.00

0.00

0.00

-

-

Peripheral basaloid layers

0.00

1

0.00

0.00

0.00

Mitotic activity

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.14

Chromatin

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.71

Nucleoli

0.00

0.47

0.70

0.00

0.89

Nuclear contour

0.00

0.00

0.00

-

0.48

Nuclear size

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.48

  1. SH: Sebaceous Hyperplasia, CT: Carcinomatous tumors, SB: Sebaceoma, SA: Sebaceous adenoma