[Mott cells in the lymph].

For the first time Mott cells have been found in the lymph. The lymph was obtained with the help of glass micropipettes from cisterna chyli of rabbits. The Mott cells in Romanovsky-Giemsa-stained lymph smears were examined in a light microscope. The Mott cells of the lymph preserve their unique morphological characteristics. They usually have a rounded form. The cytoplasm of Mott cells is divided into many liquid spheres which dominate the cell interior and are grouped in several rows round a blue-stained nucleus. The number of the Mott cells in the lymph doubles in atherosclerosis in comparison with the norm. It is related with the reaction of the immune system to atherosclerosis.