Gallium localization in peritonitis. Two case reports.

LaManna M M, Saluk P H, Zekavat P P, Mobini J, Parker J A

Clin Nucl Med. 1984 Jan;9(1):25-7. doi: 10.1097/00003072-198401000-00009.

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.