[Case of the progressive pulmonary form of mucoviscidosis in an adult patient].

A case with pulmonary form of mucoviscidosis in a female, aged 57, is described, with a high perspiration test--328 mEqv/l Cl with the clinical picture of chronic bronchitis, cylindric bronchiectasis in exacerbation, chronic exacerbated respiratory, insufficiency and pulmonary heart H3, with a lethal end. At necropsy, the characteristic changes for mucoviscidosis were established in the lungs, stomach and pancreas. The possibility of recurrent advancement of the disease is admitted, induced by involutive hormonal disturbances.