Pulmonology · Pulmonology / Interstitial lung disease
Hamman–Rich syndrome
also: Acute interstitial pneumonia
Rapidly progressive idiopathic respiratory failure with diffuse alveolar damage.
- Specialty
- Pulmonology
- Subspecialty
- Pulmonology / Interstitial lung disease
- Sex & age distribution
- Male: affected; Female: affected; Children: rare
- Gene(s) involved
- SFTPA2, SFTPC
- Alternative names & eponyms
- Acute interstitial pneumonia
Etiology & mechanism
Acute diffuse alveolar damage of unknown cause.
Gene(s) involved (2)
Symptoms & signs (5)
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