%0 Journal Article %T Neumon¨ªa organizada criptog¨¦nica como presentaci¨®n inicial de la artritis reumatoide %A Camargo %A Juan Pablo %A Villa %A Lina Mar¨ªa %A Garc¨ªa %A Plutarco %A S¨¢nchez %A Edgar %A Saavedra %J Acta Medica Colombiana %D 2012 %I Asociacion Colombiana de Medicina Interna %X the case of a 65 year old woman who was diagnosed with cryptogenic organizing pneumonia (noc) as a first manifestation of rheumatoid arthritis (ra). the patient subsequently developed cough and dyspnea. chest computed tomography showed parenchymal opacities with air bronchogram in the upper lobes. eight weeks later, he presented clinical and serological criteria for ra, noc diagnosis by open lung biopsy, with excellent clinical and radiological response to treatment with corticosteroids. (acta med colomb 2012; 37: 27-30) %K rheumatoid arthritis %K cryptogenic organizing pneumonia %K steroid. %U http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0120-24482012000100005&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en