[Cryptogenic organizing pneumonia -- case report].

Cryptogenic organizing pneumonia (COP) is one of the new recognized histological patterns of idiopathic interstitial pneumonias, in witch no cause or association is identified. Idiopathic bronchiolitis obliterans-organizing pneumonia (BOOP) is a synonymous. This rare entity is characterized by involvement of alveoli and bronchioles, which are filled by intraluminal polyps of fibroblastic tissue (Masson bodies).