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Hecht's pneumonia (Victor Hecht)
Also known as:
Hecht's syndrome
Associated persons:
Victor Hecht
Description:
A rare complication of measles that manifests with a chronic or subacute form of interstitial pneumonia occurring in infants and young children. The characteristic postmortem finding is multinucleated giant cell inclusion bodies in the alveoli.
Bibliography:
- V. Hecht:
Die Riesenzellpneumonie im Kindesalter. Eine histologisch-experimentelle Studie.
Beiträge zur pathologischen Anatomie und zur allgemeinen Pathologie, Jena, 1910, 48: 263-310.
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