Autoimmune interstitial lung disease-arthritis syndrome

A rare genetic systemic or rheumatologic disease characterized by interstitial lung disease (often with pulmonary hemorrhage) and inflammatory arthritis, associated with high-titer autoantibodies (including anti-nuclear and anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies, and rheumatoid factor). Patients present from infancy to adolescence with tachypnea, cough, hemoptysis, and/or joint pain. Some patients may also develop glomerular disease.