Bronquiolite obliterante na forma nodular

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).