False-negative abdominal CT scan in a cocaine body stuffer

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 702-704

  Eng, Janet G H ^a,b   Aks, Steven E ^a,b   Waldron, Rachel ^b   Marcus, Christopher ^a,b   Issleib, Stuart ^a  

^a MERCY HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Body packer; Body stuffer; Cocaine; Laparotomy complication

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EPIGASTRIC PAIN; FOREIGN BODY; HUMAN; INGESTION; MALE; PACKAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032727534     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-6757(99)90166-3     Document Type: Article

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