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Intra-abdominal cocaine pellets

Case contributed by Yusra Sheikh
Diagnosis certain

Presentation

Patient was suspected for smuggling drugs and was brought in by customs enforcements officers.

Patient Data

Age: 50-70
Gender: Male
x-ray

Radiograph confirms the suspicion with multiple mildly radio-opaque pellets seen in the colon. No pneumoperitoneum or proximal small bowel obstruction.

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