Cappelletti Simone, Ciallella Costantino
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.
Department of Anatomical, Histological, Forensic Medicine and Orthopaedic Sciences, "Sapienza" University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
Clin Imaging. 2017 Sep-Oct;45:122-123. doi: 10.1016/j.clinimag.2017.05.013. Epub 2017 May 15.
The 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.
临床医生对习惯用语“体内藏毒”中所包含的“吞服式藏毒”和“塞入式藏毒”这两个术语仍存在误解。“吞服式藏毒”是一个通用术语，用于表示药物包裹在胃肠道内的体内运输；而“塞入式藏毒”是指将药物插入体腔或身体孔窍，如肛门、阴道和耳朵。在本文中，我们希望分析并澄清一些关于吞服式藏毒的混淆定义的问题，以及一些药物包裹在腹部平片上未被检测到的主要原因，这些原因会导致重要的假阴性结果，就像所评论的案例那样。
