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Figure 2. Example of nodule in nodule appearance lesion in alcoholic cirrhosis. A: CT during hepatic arteriography image of nodule in nodule lesion. Some hypervascular foci (arrow) are observed within hypovascular nodule (*); B: SPIO enhanced T2-MR image of nodule in nodule lesion. Small hyperintense spots, which do not uptake SPIO (arrow), ate observed within the nodule which show hypointensity because of uptake of SPIO (*). These findings represent the visualization of multistep hepatocarcinogenesis within the nodule. SPIO: superparamagnetic iron oxide