[Hemochromatosis with a predominant lesion of the heart].

A fatal case of generalzyed hemochromatosis in a man of 30 was studied.The disease ran a course with the predominant involvement of the myocardium accompanied by circulatory insufficiency. At the end of the disease a large thrombus formed in the left ventrical cavity. No correlation between the biological tests pathognomonic for the disease (the normal iron and sugar content in the blood) and significant morphological changes in the visceral organs was observed. The familial predisposition to hemochromatosis was revealed.