Presentation
Suspected body packing.
Patient Data
Age: 20 years
Gender: Male
From the case:
Body packing - drug pellets
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Multiple well-circumscribed radio-opaque foreign bodies projecting over the colon and rectum, in keeping with body packing.
Case Discussion
Body packing refers to the internal concealment of substances, usually illicit drugs, within the gastrointestinal tract.
Most cases are asymptomatic but may present with symptoms of complications of foreign body ingestion (such as obstruction or perforation) or drug intoxication.
In this case, the patient did not develop any complications during admission. He later confirmed the ingestion of multiple cocaine pellets.
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