Any syndromic disease caused by a mutation in the NHLRC2 gene and is characterized by severe progressive cerebropulmonary symptoms, resulting in death in infancy from respiratory failure. Features include malabsorption, progressive growth failure, recurrent infections, chronic hemolytic anemia, and transient liver dysfunction. The disease is Monarch Disease Ontology entry MONDO_0032651 (fibrosis, neurodegeneration, and cerebral angiomatosis). Also known as: FINCA, FINCA syndrome, fibrosis-neurodegeneration-cerebral angiomatosis syndrome.