[Mediastinal lymph node metastases in bronchial cancer--CT analog horizontal section of an autopsy patient sample].

On the basis of horizontal sections through the entire heart-lung preparation, the size relationships and topographical features of mediastinal lymph node metastases of lung carcinomas are presented. This sectioning technique is more suitable for the determination of the lymphatic metastasization pattern than the conventional postmortem technique. The detection of multiple areas with focal consolidated lymphatic tissue in the mediastinal fatty tissuereveals additional possibilities for lymphopatic tumour spread in the mediastinum.