%0 Journal Article
%T Hashish Body Packing: A Case Report
%A Manuel Jesus Soriano-Perez
%A Jose Luis Serrano-Carrillo
%A Inmaculada Marin-Montin
%A Alfonso Cruz-Caballero
%J Case Reports in Medicine
%D 2009
%I Hindawi Publishing Corporation
%R 10.1155/2009/712573
%X 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.
%U http://www.hindawi.com/crim/medicine/2009/712573/