title: [Voluntary ingestion of packages containing narcotic drugs. Diagnosis and treatment in a clinical case].
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.
authors: Clinica Chirurgica II, Università degli Studi di Messina.
authors: G
authors: G
authors: Caputo
authors: V
authors: V
authors: Fabiano
authors: G
authors: G
authors: Cavallaro
authors: G
authors: G
authors: Sturniolo
authors: V
authors: V
authors: Albanese
authors: T
authors: T
authors: Bruno
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002188:Cannabis; D003042:Cocaine; D003106:Colon / Q000601:surgery; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male
chemical_list: D003042:Cocaine
vernacular_title: L'ingestione volontaria di involucri contenenti sostanze stupefacenti. Diagnosi e trattamento di un caso clinico.