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

1 July 1995

journal article
research article
Published by Springer Nature in Abdominal Radiology

Vol. 20 (4) , 333-338
https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00203366

Abstract

To evaluate the imaging characteristics and the diagnostic value of both abdominal ultrasound and conventional abdominal x-ray in identifying ingested drug packages in “body packers.”

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