{Reference Type}: Case Reports
{Title}: Gastric Obstruction by Opium Packets: A Case Report.
{Author}: Ramazani Y;Nemati A;Moshiri M;Motie MR;Jomehpour H;Etemad L;
{Journal}: Addict Health
{Volume}: 14
{Issue}: 4
{Year}: 2022 Oct
暂无{DOI}: 10.34172/ahj.2022.1336
{Abstract}: <B>UNASSIGNED: </B>We reported a case of gastric obstruction in a body packer who swallowed a large number of opium packets.<BR><B>UNASSIGNED: </B>A 36-year-old man opium addict visited the emergency department with epigastric pain for three days. He swallowed nearly 90 packets of opium for smuggling purposes four days earlier. He self-administered laxatives. In contrast, many times vomiting, he defecated only four packets and vomited one packet. The abdominal X-rays showed some amounts of fluid-air levels and multiple cylindrical opacities with the double-condom sign, corresponding to the distended stomach. Due to the worsening of his abdominal symptoms, he underwent an urgent laparotomy and 84 packets (4-6 cm in size and 8-10 g/ packet of opium) with a total weight of 870 g. They were wrapped in some layers of plastic and tied at the ends. He was discharged in stable condition.<BR><B>UNASSIGNED: </B>A large number of ingested drug packets can induce gastrointestinal obstruction.