Fig. 4

A 74-year-old female with resectable pancreatic cancer: conspicuity score < 2. a. Approximately 2.7-cm-sized hypovascular mass with low lesion contrast was visible in the pancreatic head on arterial phase contrast-enhanced CT. b. Conspicuity score was 1.42, preoperative CA 19–9 was 1466.33, and postoperative CA 19–9 was 7.88. c. There was no postoperative recurrence, and she is alive at 23 months after operation