Rare pediatric lung diseases comprise a wide spectrum of conditions that can affect all parts of the lungs from the large airways to small proteins within the cells. Below is a list of just some of the conditions the team at the Washington University Rare Lung Disease Center has experience diagnosing and treating:

  • Primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD)
  • Pulmonary alveolar proteinosis (PAP)
  • Neuroendocrine cell hyperplasia of infancy (NEHI)
  • Pulmonary interstitial glycogenosis (PIG)
  • Pleuropulmonary blastoma
  • Dyskeratosis congenita
  • Eosinophilic pneumonia
  • Bronchiolitis obliterans
  • Recurrent pneumonia secondary to immunodeficiency
  • Alveolar hemorrhage syndromes
  • And many others…