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Hashish Body Packing: A Case Report

Author(s) -

Manuel Jesus Soriano-Perez,

Jose Luis Serrano-Carrillo,

Inmaculada Marin-Montin,

Alfonso Cruz-Caballero

Publication year - 2009

Publication title -

case reports in medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.2

H-Index - 20

eISSN - 1687-9627

pISSN - 1687-9635

DOI - 10.1155/2009/712573

Subject(s) - medicine , emergency department , foreign body , hashish , abdominal computed tomography , drug trafficking , gastrointestinal tract , surgery , criminology , psychiatry , sociology , cannabis

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.

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