Pramanik Parthasarathi, Vidua Raghvendra Kumar
Institute of Forensic Science and Legal Medicine Ministry of National Security, Jamaica.
Department of Forensic Medicine AIIMS BHOPAL, India.
Clin Med Insights Pathol. 2016 Nov 24;9:33-35. doi: 10.4137/CPath.S41070. eCollection 2016.
This article presents a case of sudden cardiac death due to the effects of cocaine concealed in the body of a male drug smuggler in his 40s, a so-called body packer. A total of 57 body packets filled with cocaine powder were discovered in his body cavities. The detailed autopsy examination, including histopathology and toxicology findings, is discussed with the aim of describing the mechanism of cocaine intoxication in the body packer and an analysis of cocaine-induced cardiotoxicity and sudden death.
本文介绍了一例40多岁男性毒品走私者(即所谓的人体藏毒者)体内藏匿的可卡因导致心源性猝死的病例。在他的体腔内共发现57个装满可卡因粉末的人体包裹。文中讨论了详细的尸检检查,包括组织病理学和毒理学结果,目的是描述人体藏毒者体内可卡因中毒的机制,并分析可卡因引起的心脏毒性和猝死情况。