[Anastomoses and epitheloid vessel-wall cells of lymph nodes close to the skin (author's transl)].

A report is given on age-related changes found in special morphological areas of the hilus vessels. These vessels, together with the physiological involution of lymph node parenchyma, are of importance for the deposition of melanoma cells. The hyperplasia of epitheloid cells of the vessel walls in the lymph node capsule as well as their possible misidentification as micro-metastases of melanoma cells is discussed.