LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS-LIKE ORAL MUCOSAL AND SKIN-LESIONS IN A CARRIER OF CHRONIC GRANULOMATOUS-DISEASE - CHRONIC GRANULOMATOUS-DISEASE CARRIER GENODERMATOSIS

We present a case of a young female patient who for 8 years was believ ed to have discoid lupus erythematosus of the skin and oral mucosae. O nly after her infant son had a near-fatal pulmonary infection was the diagnosis of chronic granulomatous disease made and her lupus erythema tosus-like mucocutaneous lesions recognized as manifestations of her c arrier status for chronic granulomatous disease. The purpose of this r eport is to raise awareness of and better characterize the mucocutaneo us manifestations of carriers of chronic granulomatous disease. Early identification of carriers permits genetic counseling and prenatal dia gnosis and forewarns pediatricians so that they can provide better car e for affected infants.