New packaging methods of body packers: Role of advanced imaging in their detection. A case study

Body packing is one of the common ways to traffic illicit drugs. Drug mules usually swallow or insert drugs within the gastrointestinal tract or other orifices. Detection of such drug packets has become difficult because of the constantly improving packaging techniques and the sophistication used by...

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Main Authors: Ayoub Ahmad Abedzadeh, MD, Shaikh Sayeed Iqbal, MD, Usama Al Bastaki, MD, Claude Pierre-Jerome, MD, PhD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-05-01
Series:Radiology Case Reports
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1930043319300536