• Clinical imaging · Sep 2017

    Letter

    Commentary on false negative findings of plain radiographs in body packing.

    • Simone Cappelletti and Costantino Ciallella.
    • Department of Anatomical, Histological, Forensic Medicine and Orthopaedic Sciences, "Sapienza" University of Rome, Rome, Italy; State Police Health Service Department, Ministry of Interior, Rome, Italy. Electronic address: simone.cappelletti@uniroma1.it.
    • Clin Imaging. 2017 Sep 1; 45: 122-123.

    AbstractThe use of terms "body packing" and "body pushing", both encompassed in the idiomatic expression "body packing", is still misunderstood by clinicians. "Body packing" is a general term used to indicate the internal transportation of drug packages within the gastrointestinal tract; while "Body pushing" refers to the insertion of drugs in anatomical cavities or body orifices, such as the anus, the vagina, and the ears. With the present paper, we would like to analyze and clarify some issues concerning the confounding definitions of body packing and the main reasons why some drug packages may be undetected at plain abdominal radiography, providing important false negative findings, as in the case commented.Copyright © 2017 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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