[Demonstration of the argyrophil cells of the major glands in autopsy material].

A possibility of identifying endocrine argyrophil cells of the fundic glands of man by the method of impregnation with argentum after Grimelius in sectional material was studied. The cells detected by this method were found to be enterochromaffin-like (ECL) cells. Enterochromaffin (EC) cells in the autopsy material were not retained. Morphotopographic characteristics of ECL-cells in sectional material and bioptic specimens of the gastric mucosa were identical. One of the manifestations of post-mortem changes was adhesion of specific argyrophil granules contained in ECL-cells.