  The influence of a dropping sigma-meson mass on previously calculated
in-medium pion-pion correlations in the J=I=0 (sigma-meson) channel is
investigated. It is found that the invariant-mass distribution around the
vacuum threshold experiences a further strong enhancement with respect to
standard many-body effects. The relevance of this result for the explanation of
recent $A(\pi,2\pi)X$ data is pointed out.
