CT of small bowel obstruction secondary to a cocaine-filled condom

Emergency Radiology

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 333-335

  Chaljub, Gregory ^a   Shah, Rajeev K ^a   Limon, David ^a   Ozkan, Orhan S ^a   Marroquin, Santiago ^a  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Abdominal pain; Cocaine; CT findings; Double condom sign; Drug smuggling; Intussusception

Indexed keywords

COCAINE;

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONDOM; EMERGENCY WARD; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMALL INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION;

EID: 0036956125     PISSN: 10703004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10140-002-0257-0     Document Type: Article

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