title: Morphine in lymph nodes of heroin users.
abstract: 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.
mesh_terms: 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*
chemical_list: D009020:Morphine