Journal article
A body-packer with a cocaine bag stuck in the stomach.
- Beauverd Y Yan Beauverd, Department of General Internal Medicine, University Hospital of Geneva, Rue Gabrielle-Perret-Gentil 4, 1211 Geneva 14, Switzerland.
- Poletti PA
- Wolff H
- Ris F
- Dumonceau JM
- Elger BS
- 2011-08-24
Published in:
- World journal of radiology. - 2011
English
Management of patients carrying packets of drugs in the digestive tract is a frequent medical problem. We report on a patient who was referred by the police after ingestion of packets of cocaine. After spontaneous elimination of 81 drug packets, the patient had three unremarkable stools. A plain abdominal X-ray disclosed no residual packet but computed tomography (CT) scan showed one in the stomach. As this was not eliminated during the 10 d following ingestion, it was removed through gastrotomy. This case stresses the usefulness of the CT scan to ensure that no residual packet is present before hospital discharge.
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- English
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- hybrid
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- DOI 10.4329/wjr.v3.i6.155
- PMID 21860710
- Persistent URL
- https://sonar.ch/global/documents/131155
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