TY - JOUR AU - Khan, Awais Jamil AU - Khan, Umar AU - Nawaz, Khalid AU - Afzal, Uzma AU - Sajid, Saleem PY - 2016/05/02 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Abdominal tuberculosis diagnosed on gallium scintigraphy in a child with pyrexia of unknown origin JF - Annals of King Edward Medical University JA - Annals KEMU VL - 11 IS - 4 SE - Articles DO - 10.21649/akemu.v11i4.1117 UR - https://annalskemu.org/journal/index.php/annals/article/view/1117 SP - AB - <p>We report a case of an eleven year old girl with pyrexia of unknown origin whose illness remained undiagnosed after extensive investigations. We were able to localize the disease to abdomen with a Gallium Whole Body Scan. In the background of a history of tuberculosis in a family member in an endemic area, empirical anti-tuberculosis treatment was given with clinical success that was also demonstrated on a repeat Gallium scan four months later.</p> ER -