Characteristic imaging features of body packers: a pictorial essay

被引：17

作者：

Ab Hamid, Suzana ^{[1
]}

Abd Rashid, Saiful Nizam ^{[1
]}

Saini, Suraini Mohd ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Putra Malaysia, Dept Imaging, Fac Med & Hlth Sci, Serdang 43100, Selangor, Malaysia

来源：

JAPANESE JOURNAL OF RADIOLOGY | 2012年 / 30卷 / 05期

关键词：

Body packers; Drug packets; Abdominal radiograph; CT scan; PACKING;

D O I：

10.1007/s11604-012-0069-4

中图分类号：

R8 [特种医学]; R445 [影像诊断学];

学科分类号：

100231 [临床病理学]; 100902 [航空航天医学];

摘要：

The drug-trafficking business has risen tremendously because of the current increased demand for illegal narcotics. The smugglers conceal the drugs in their bodies (body packers) in order to bypass the tight security at international borders. A suspected body packer will normally be sent to the hospital for imaging investigations to confirm the presence of drugs in the body. Radiologists, therefore, need to be familiar with and able to identify drug packets within the human body because they shoulder the legal responsibilities. This pictorial essay describes the characteristic imaging features of drug packets within the gastrointestinal tract.

引用

页码：386 / 392

页数：7

共 9 条

[1]

Drug smuggling by body packing: what radiologists should know about it [J].

Hergan, K ;

Kofler, K ;

Oser, W .

EUROPEAN RADIOLOGY, 2004, 14 (04) :736-742

[2]

Israelit SH, 2009, EUR J RADIOL EXTRA, V72, pe1

[3]

Detection of intestinal drug containers by ultrasound scanning: an airport screening tool? [J].

Meijer, R ;

Bots, ML .

EUROPEAN RADIOLOGY, 2003, 13 (06) :1312-1315

[4]

Abdominal X-ray signs of intra-intestinal drug smuggling [J].

Niewiarowski, Sylwia ;

Gogbashian, Andrew ;

Afaq, Asim ;

Kantor, Robin ;

Win, Zarni .

JOURNAL OF FORENSIC AND LEGAL MEDICINE, 2010, 17 (04) :198-202

[5]

Prabhu R, 2008, APPL RADIOL, V5, P26

[6]

Detection of ingested cocaine-filled packets - Diagnostic value of unenhanced CT [J].

Schmidt, Sabine ;

Hugli, Olivier ;

Rizzo, Elena ;

Lepori, Domenico ;

Gudinchet, R. ;

Yersin, Bertrand ;

Schnyder, Pierre ;

Meuwly, Jean-Yves .

EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF RADIOLOGY, 2008, 67 (01) :133-138

[7]

Body packing - The internal concealment of illicit drugs [J].

Traub, SJ ;

Hoffman, RS ;

Nelson, LS .

NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE, 2003, 349 (26) :2519-2526

[8]

WACKERLE B, 1986, FORTSCHR RONTG NEUEN, V145, P274

[9]

Heroin Body Packing: Clearly Discerning Drug Packets Using CT [J].

Yang, Rui-Meng ;

Li, Long ;

Feng, Jie ;

Lai, Sheng-Sheng ;

Lin, Bing-Quan ;

Yu, Tian ;

Ye, Xiang-Hua ;

Xu, Yi-Kai .

SOUTHERN MEDICAL JOURNAL, 2009, 102 (05) :470-475

← 1 →