Literature DB >> 659486

Narcotic smuggling: the double condom sign.

M F Pinsky, J Ducas, M D Ruggere.   

Abstract

The "double condom sign," on a plain film of the abdomen, can be used to identify smugglers who are concealing non-opaque narcotics within the gastrointestinal tract.

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Year:  1978        PMID: 659486

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  J Can Assoc Radiol        ISSN: 0008-2902


  11 in total

Review 1.  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

2.  Drug smuggling by ingested cocaine-filled packages: conventional x-ray and ultrasound.

Authors:  J Hierholzer; M Cordes; H Tantow; U Keske; J Mäurer; R Felix
Journal:  Abdom Imaging       Date:  1995 Jul-Aug

3.  The inside dope: cocaine, condoms, and computed tomography.

Authors:  M A Meyers
Journal:  Abdom Imaging       Date:  1995 Jul-Aug

4.  Radiographic features of intracorporeally smuggled liquid cocaine.

Authors:  Oshry Mozes; Larisa Guranda; Orith Portnoy; Sara Apter; Eli Konen; Michal M Amitai
Journal:  Forensic Sci Med Pathol       Date:  2014-10-19       Impact factor: 2.007

5.  Radiological and practical aspects of body packing.

Authors:  A Pinto; A Reginelli; F Pinto; G Sica; M Scaglione; F H Berger; L Romano; L Brunese
Journal:  Br J Radiol       Date:  2014-02-03       Impact factor: 3.039

6.  Condom ileus: result of a practical joke.

Authors:  W G Woods
Journal:  Postgrad Med J       Date:  1987-06       Impact factor: 2.401

7.  Radiographic evaluation of the cocaine smuggler.

Authors:  R Beerman; D Nunez; C V Wetli
Journal:  Gastrointest Radiol       Date:  1986

8.  The body packer syndrome--cocaine smuggling in the gastro-intestinal tract.

Authors:  T J Hartoko; H E Demey; A M De Schepper; L E Beaucourt; L L Bossaert
Journal:  Klin Wochenschr       Date:  1988-11-15

9.  Accidental overdose intoxication: a hazard of drug smuggling.

Authors:  S Arora; M Tafreshi; S Sobo; P Krochmal; L L Alexander
Journal:  J Natl Med Assoc       Date:  1982-07       Impact factor: 1.798

10.  Body packing and its radiologic manifestations: a review article.

Authors:  Makhtoom Shahnazi; Morteza Sanei Taheri; Ramin Pourghorban
Journal:  Iran J Radiol       Date:  2011-12-25       Impact factor: 0.212

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