QJM Advance Access originally published online on February 22, 2006
QJM 2006 99(3):196-197; doi:10.1093/qjmed/hcl018
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Patients with bronchiectasis: look for specific causes
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Sir,
Over 90% of cases of cystic fibrosis are diagnosed in infancy or childhood, although older patients with phenotypically mild disease are occasionally discovered. We describe a patient with a long history of chronic suppurative lung disease, who was discovered to have cystic fibrosis in her seventh decade.
Department of Respiratory Medicine Aberdeen Royal Infirmary Foresterhill Aberdeen
email: graeme.currie@nhs.net