The literature review provides up-to-date information on rare interstitial lung diseases, manifesting both in children, starting from the neonatal period, and in adults, – genetic disorders of surfactant proteins B, C, ATP-binding cassette protein A3 (ABCA3), manifested by such histopathological patterns, as chronic pneumonitis of infants, pulmonary alveolar proteinosis, desquamative interstitial pneumonia , nonspecific interstitial pneumonia. Information on epidemiology, genetics, pathogenesis, clinical picture, diagnosis and differential diagnosis, treatment of these diseases is given.
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