TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2022//
TI  - Gastric obstruction by opium packets: a case report
JO  - Addiction and health
A1  - Ramazani, Yeganeh
A1  - Nemati, Ahmad
A1  - Moshiri, Mohammad
A1  - Motie, Mohammad Reza
A1  - Jomehpour, Hamid
A1  - Etemad, Leila
SP  - 309
EP  - 311
VL  - 14
IS  - 4
N2  - BACKGROUND: We reported a case of gastric obstruction in a body packer who swallowed a large number of opium packets. CASE REPORT: A 36-year-old man opium addict visited the emergency department with epigastric pain for three days. He swallowed nearly 90 packets of opium for smuggling purposes four days earlier. He self-administered laxatives. In contrast, many times vomiting, he defecated only four packets and vomited one packet. The abdominal X-rays showed some amounts of fluid-air levels and multiple cylindrical opacities with the double-condom sign, corresponding to the distended stomach. Due to the worsening of his abdominal symptoms, he underwent an urgent laparotomy and 84 packets (4-6 cm in size and 8-10 g/ packet of opium) with a total weight of 870 g. They were wrapped in some layers of plastic and tied at the ends. He was discharged in stable condition. <br><br>CONCLUSION: A large number of ingested drug packets can induce gastrointestinal obstruction.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 2008-4633
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.34172/ahj.2022.1336
ID  - ref1
ER  -