Lipemia in hemochromatosis; report of a case.

THE occurrence of lipemia in hemochromatosis has not been described in the literature, to our knowledge. The recognition, therefore, of an opaque serum taken from an otherwise typical patient in the fasting state was quite surprising. But so are several variants of hemochromatosis reported since Trousseau's first casual allusion to this syndrome in 1865.1 For example, of the triad of cirrhosis of the liver, diabetes mellitus and pigmentation, cirrhosis only seems to be constant. In some cases diabetes has been proved not to have been present.2 , 3 Others4 have been unable to demonstrate intradermal pigment, despite apparently typical pigmentation. Moreover, the . . .