Lupus Enteritis: An Important Cause to Be Considered in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Patients with Acute Abdomen – A Case Report

Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a systemic auto-immune disease with multiorgan involvement. The gastrointestinal tract can be commonly affected in SLE, with almost half the patients presenting with related symptoms (1). Most gastrointestinal manifestations are caused by adverse reaction of medicines or infections, while the symptoms related to the disease are not as common as other organ involvement. However, abdominal pain is a frequent symptom in patients with SLE and a challenging diagnostic and therapeutic dilemma as patients may be on steroids and immunosuppression, which may mask the manifestations of ischemia or perforation (2, 3).