title: Gallium scan: clue to diagnosis of starch peritonitis.
abstract: A patient with starch peritonitis was given a gallium scan which showed diffuse uptake in the abdomen and intense uptake in a noninfected incision six weeks after surgery. The accumulation of gallium in a noninfected surgical incision later than one week after surgery, accompanied by diffuse abdominal uptake, may indicate the presence of starch peritonitis.
mesh_terms: D000005:Abdomen / Q000601:surgery*; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005710:Gallium Radioisotopes; D006801:Humans; D010538:Peritonitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013213:Starch
chemical_list: D005710:Gallium Radioisotopes; D013213:Starch