1.
Case Rep Med
; 2009: 712573, 2009.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-19724651
ABSTRACT
A 42-year-old African male was brought by the police to the emergency department under suspicion of drug smuggling by body-packing. Plain abdominal radiograph showed multiple foreign bodies within the gastrointestinal tract. Contrast-enhanced abdominal CT confirmed the findings, and the patient admitted to have swallowed "balls" of hashish. Body-packing is a recognized method of smuggling drugs across international borders. Body packers may present to the emergency department because of drug toxicity, intestinal obstruction, or more commonly, requested by law-enforcement officers for medical confirmation or exclusion of suspected body packing.
2.
Med Clin (Barc)
; 129(16): 640, 2007 Nov 03.
Article
in Spanish
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-18001682