TUBULAR RETICULAR STRUCTURES IN PERIPHERAL MONONUCLEAR CELLS OF MALES WITH CHRONIC GRANULOMATOUS DISEASE AND FEMALE CARRIERS.

Eight mothers of children with chronic granulomatous disease have been reported to have documented discoid lupus erythematosus (DLE) or clinical histories compatible with OLE. Tubular reticular structures (TRS) have previously been demonstrated in the peripheral blood lymphocytes and monocytes of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and DLE. identification of TRS in peripheral blood lymphocytes and monocytes from five of ten patients with chronic granulomatous disease provides additional support for an association and or shared defect in patients with DLE. SLE and chronic granulomatous disease. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]