[Cystic fibrosis in a 70-year-old woman].
Cystic fibrosis is usually diagnosed in early childhood, and patients rarely live beyond the age of 40. We present a case of a 70-year-old woman, in whom cystic fibrosis was diagnosed with the rare mutation, R117C. Cystic fibrosis should therefore also be considered in older patients.
Bruun
Lene Søndberg
LS
Lungemedicinsk afdeling, Skive Sygehus, DK-7800 Skive.
Jensen
Michael Skov
MS
D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D003550:Cystic Fibrosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000235:genetics; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009154:Mutation