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Body packing--a case report and review of the literature.

Abstract

Drug smuggling by internal bodily concealment is a growing international problem. The management of a patient who swallowed packages containing heroin is described. The medical management, indications for surgery and the ethical dilemmas of treating patients with drugs concealed within the gastrointestinal tract are discussed.

Entities: Chemical Disease Species

Mesh：

Substances：
Illicit Drugs
Heroin

Year: 1990 PMID： 2217036 PMCID： PMC2429678 DOI： 10.1136/pgmj.66.778.659

Source DB: PubMed Journal: Postgrad Med J ISSN： 0032-5473 Impact factor: 2.401

15 in total

1. Cannabis--accidental peroral intoxication. The hashish smuggler roentogenographically unmasked.

Authors: H H Lopez; S M Goldman; I I Liberman; D T Barnes
Journal: JAMA Date: 1974-03-04 Impact factor: 56.272

2. Surgical aspects of international drug smuggling.

Authors: M J Lancashire; P K Legg; M Lowe; S M Davidson; B W Ellis
Journal: Br Med J (Clin Res Ed) Date: 1988-04-09

3. Drug smuggling by internal bodily concealment.

Authors: J W Dunne
Journal: Med J Aust Date: 1983-10-29 Impact factor: 7.738

4. The gastrointestinal tract as a vehicle for drug smuggling.

Authors: W N Sinner
Journal: Gastrointest Radiol Date: 1981

5. The "body packer syndrome"-toxicity following ingestion of illicit drugs packaged for transportation.

Authors: C V Wetli; R E Mittlemann
Journal: J Forensic Sci Date: 1981-07 Impact factor: 1.832

6. Ingestion of hashish oil-filled condoms.

Authors: M Vowels; P M Harvey
Journal: Med J Aust Date: 1980-11-01 Impact factor: 7.738

7. Cocaine-codom ingestion. Surgical treatment.

Authors: C A Suarez; A Arango; J L Lester
Journal: JAMA Date: 1977-09-26 Impact factor: 56.272

8. Cocaine-packet ingestion. Diagnosis, management, and natural history.

Authors: D S Caruana; B Weinbach; D Goerg; L B Gardner
Journal: Ann Intern Med Date: 1984-01 Impact factor: 25.391

9. The cocaine 'body packer' syndrome. Diagnosis and treatment.

Authors: M M McCarron; J D Wood
Journal: JAMA Date: 1983-09-16 Impact factor: 56.272

Review 10. Clinical management of acute and chronic cocaine poisoning.

Authors: G R Gay
Journal: Ann Emerg Med Date: 1982-10 Impact factor: 5.721

13 in total

1. The outcome of drug smuggling by 'body packers'--the British experience.

Authors: N Bulstrode; F Banks; S Shrotria
Journal: Ann R Coll Surg Engl Date: 2002-01 Impact factor: 1.891

2. An unusual foreign body in the oesophagus. The body packer syndrome.

Authors: Petros D Karkos; Angus J Cain; Paul S White
Journal: Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol Date: 2004-02-13 Impact factor: 2.503

Review 3. The role of radiology in diagnosis and management of drug mules: an update with new challenges and new diagnostic tools.

Authors: Mesut Bulakci; Ferhat Cengel
Journal: Br J Radiol Date: 2016-01-21 Impact factor: 3.039

Body packing--a case report and review of the literature.

1. Cannabis--accidental peroral intoxication. The hashish smuggler roentogenographically unmasked.

2. Surgical aspects of international drug smuggling.

3. Drug smuggling by internal bodily concealment.

4. The gastrointestinal tract as a vehicle for drug smuggling.

5. The "body packer syndrome"-toxicity following ingestion of illicit drugs packaged for transportation.

6. Ingestion of hashish oil-filled condoms.

7. Cocaine-codom ingestion. Surgical treatment.

8. Cocaine-packet ingestion. Diagnosis, management, and natural history.

9. The cocaine 'body packer' syndrome. Diagnosis and treatment.

Review 10. Clinical management of acute and chronic cocaine poisoning.

1. The outcome of drug smuggling by 'body packers'--the British experience.

2. An unusual foreign body in the oesophagus. The body packer syndrome.

Review 3. The role of radiology in diagnosis and management of drug mules: an update with new challenges and new diagnostic tools.

4. Heroin bodypacking.

5. Differentiation of heroin and cocaine using dual-energy CT-an experimental study.

6. Radiological and practical aspects of body packing.

7. Drug smuggler's delirium.

8. Body pushing, prescription drugs and hospital admission.

Review 9. Foreign body ingestion: children like to put objects in their mouth.

10. Insertion of foreign bodies (polyembolokoilamania): underpinnings and management strategies.