title: Lead poisoning diagnosed by abdominal X-rays.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Adult lead poisoning due to ingested lead is uncommon.
  
  
  METHODS
  A 27-year-old woman had abdominal pain with radiodensities of the bowel contents and a blood lead of 70 micrograms/dL. A traditional medicine, Deshi Dewa, consumed as a fertility pill was incriminated.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Densities on abdominal X-ray may indicate ingested lead.
authors.affiliation: City Hospital NHS Trust, Birmingham, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: M K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Kulshrestha
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005243:Feces / Q000737:chemistry; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007854:Lead / Q000032:analysis / Q000097:blood; D007855:Lead Poisoning / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008518:Medicine, East Asian Traditional; D011860:Radiography, Abdominal
chemical_list: D007854:Lead