Citation

Caputo G, Fabiano V, Cavallaro G, Sturniolo G, Albanese V, Bruno T. Ann. Ital. Chir. 1990; 61(2): 189-91; discussion 191-2.

Vernacular Title

L'ingestione volontaria di involucri contenenti sostanze stupefacenti. Diagnosi e trattamento di un caso clinico.

Affiliation

Clinica Chirurgica II, Università degli Studi di Messina.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1990, Casa Editrice Licinio Cappelli)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

2270888

Abstract

A case of intracorporeal concealment of narcotics is reported. Cocaine mixed with marihuana were the ingested drugs. Surgical treatment is, in selected cases, the safest method to remove such packages from the gastrointestinal tract also in subjects without mechanical obstruction. In fact, rupture of a packet threatens the patient's life, because of cocaine's high toxicity and lack of antidote.

Language: it