Morphine in lymph nodes of heroin users.
During the autopsy of heroin users, the most consistent morphologic finding is the enlargement of hepatic lymph nodes. Nodes from seven heroin addicts were analyzed for morphine and a concentration range of 0.02 to 0.87 mg/100 g was found. Morphine was detected in all of the nodes examined and the concentration was generally higher than that in the blood.
D000328:Adult; D002849:Chromatography, Gas; D005260:Female; D005554:Forensic Medicine; D006556:Heroin Dependence / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D006965:Hyperplasia; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D009020:Morphine / Q000032:analysis*
D009020:Morphine