Summary
A 53‐year‐old man with angiokeratoma corporis diffusum universale died after cerebral infarction. He was known to have atrial fibrillation for 11 years. Postmortem examination of the heart showed gross involvement of myocardial cells with lipid deposits. The clinical findings during life and the appearances of the myocardium by both light and electron microscopy are presented.
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