1. In 18 patients a transsternal microdissection of all four cervico-mediastinal lymph node compartments has been performed.

2. The Arcturus XT system combines infrared (IR) laser capture microdissection (LCM) and ultraviolet (UV) laser cutting in one platform

3. From morphological analyses employing immunohistochemistry, in situ hybridization, the novel technique of laser capture microdissection, and electron microscopy, it has been has shown that the chromaffin cells of the adrenal medulla and the steroid-producing cells of the adrenal cortex are extensively intermingled and functionally interrelated.