Bowel obstruction in body-packing: A case report and literature review

Honar, Behzad Nemati; Mollaverdi, Ghazale; Aghajanian, Sepehr; Bagherpour, Javad Zebarjadi

doi:10.1016/j.ijscr.2023.108503

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“…In a different case study published by Honar et al [ 9 ], a 30-year-old man complaining of stomach ache was taken to the emergency room after being released from prison. Following the lack of signs of drunkenness and unremarkable plain abdominal radiographic findings, an abdominal computed tomography (CT) scan indicated that the patient had consumed packets in both the stomach and small intestine.…”

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Unusual Triggers of Acute Intestinal Obstruction in Surgical Emergencies: A Series of Five Cases

Singh,

Paruthy,

Kuraria

et al. 2024

Cureus

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Intestinal obstruction is a common surgical emergency that can be caused by mechanical causes or by different pathological processes. The most common cause of small bowel intestinal obstruction is post-operative adhesion, and the most common cause of large bowel obstruction is malignancy. These are classified into dynamic and adynamic types. The patient was selected based on the presentation management plan. Some cases require immediate operative intervention; however, some cases, as mentioned in this case series, require further investigation and a different approach. In this study, we report the rare causes of intestinal obstruction presented to Safdarjung Hospital, Department of General Surgery, New Delhi: one case of foreign body impaction, one case of spontaneous migration of feeding jejunostomy, one case of extrauterine IUCD causing intestinal obstruction, one case of mesentery band causing obstruction, and one case of abdominopelvic mass causing small bowel obstruction. These cases presented to the surgical emergency department with challenges in their diagnosis, intraoperative findings, and their outcomes.

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“…Consequently, the patient's operation was decided immediately, and the medication packets were completely removed during the procedure. Three days after surgery, the patient was discharged in good general condition [ 9 ]. Unlike in our case, the patient was managed with surgical decompression.…”

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Unusual Triggers of Acute Intestinal Obstruction in Surgical Emergencies: A Series of Five Cases

Singh,

Paruthy,

Kuraria

et al. 2024

Cureus

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Enhancing Diagnostic Accuracy in Body Packing Cases: The Impact of Preliminary Diagnosis Awareness on Computed Tomography Evaluation

Taş,

Çetin,

Ece

et al. 2024

New Trends in Medicine Sciences

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Objective: Body packing refers to the concealment of illegal substances within the body. This study aims to evaluate the computed tomography (CT) findings of body packing cases, and to assess whether considering the possibility of body packing in preliminary diagnosis will affect the accuracy of specialists evaluating in the emergency and intensive care departments. Materials and Methods: 20 body packing cases were retrospectively examined for the presence of foreign bodies. A control group was created from 20 non-contrast abdominal CT images. Re-evaluation involved four radiologists. Before evaluating, two radiologists were advised they could be body packers. Results: In 18 (90%) of 20 body packers, foreign bodies were visible in the intestinal lumen, mostly 14 (70%) in the colon. Radiologists who were given preliminary diagnosis, correctly identified all 18 (100%) intestinal foreign body cases and did not make any false positives. Two other radiologists correctly identified 16 (88.9%) cases and missed 2 (11.1%) cases and there was significantly difference (p

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Bowel obstruction in body-packing: A case report and literature review

Cited by 2 publications

References 17 publications

Unusual Triggers of Acute Intestinal Obstruction in Surgical Emergencies: A Series of Five Cases

Unusual Triggers of Acute Intestinal Obstruction in Surgical Emergencies: A Series of Five Cases

Enhancing Diagnostic Accuracy in Body Packing Cases: The Impact of Preliminary Diagnosis Awareness on Computed Tomography Evaluation

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