A 54 year old female patient, public servant, ex-smoker, after two weeks of a common cold complained of cough with yellow sputum, nasal obstruction and facial pain. A chest X-ray showed a solitary nodular lesion in the upper left lobe. The patient was submitted to a left thoracotomy, which established the diagnosis of bronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonia (BOOP).
Bronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonia; Coin pulmonary lesion; Lung diseases
