Gallium localization in peritonitis. Two case reports.
Diffuse abdominal localization of gallium was found in two patients with peritonitis, one due to M. tuberculosis and the other presumably pyogenic. Gallium scanning may be useful in the diagnosis of peritonitis and perhaps of other serosal infections.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D005335:Fever of Unknown Origin / Q000209:etiology; D005710:Gallium Radioisotopes; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010538:Peritonitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D014395:Peritonitis, Tuberculous / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging
D005710:Gallium Radioisotopes