title: [Roentgen diagnosis of body packers--radiological and forensic considerations].
abstract: The diagnostic value of abdominal ultrasonography and plain abdominal radiographs for the detection or exclusion of body smugglers was investigated prospectively. Both methods showed equally high sensitivity and specificity in the detection of swallowed drug packages. Possibilities for misinterpretation of physiological abdominal contents are illustrated. In addition to the radiological aspects, the legal implications of the subject are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Strahlenklinik und Poliklinik, Klinikum Rudolf Virchow, Freie Universität Berlin.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hierholzer
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tantow
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cordes
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mäurer
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Keske
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Koch
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Felix
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003042:Cocaine; D017280:Condoms; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004064:Digestive System / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D004335:Drug and Narcotic Control / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005769:Gastrointestinal Motility / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014463:Ultrasonography
chemical_list: D003042:Cocaine