A method is disclosed for visualizing a lymph node in a volume section of an examination subject by way of a combined MR/PET apparatus and to a correspondingly embodied combined MR/PET apparatus. The method includes acquisition of PET data of the volume section by way of a positron emission detector in order to record on the basis of the PET data a metabolic activity per PET voxel within the predetermined volume section； acquisition of MR data of the volume section by way of a magnetic resonance system in order to record on the basis of the MR data a lymph-node-specific contrast per region of the predetermined volume section； and generation of an image as a function of the metabolic activity recorded per PET voxel and as a function of the lymph-node-specific contrast recorded per region, abnormal lymph nodes being visualized in the image as distinguishable from normal lymph nodes.
