Haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) is a life-threatening disorder of immune regulation, and HLH patients with mutations in genes including PRF1, UNC13D, STX11, STXBP2, SH2D1A, XIAP, and ITK were reported to be primary HLH. Here, SH2D1A is linked to hemophagocytic syndrome.