PMID- 16174179
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20051201
LR  - 20191210
IS  - 0004-8461 (Print)
IS  - 0004-8461 (Linking)
VI  - 49
IP  - 5
DP  - 2005 Oct
TI  - Agony of the ecstasy: report of five cases of MDMA smuggling.
PG  - 400-3
AB  - The international smuggling of illicit drugs by the ingestion or rectal insertion 
      of drug-filled packages is recognized in the trafficking of heroin and cocaine. 
      Customs authorities, with suspicion of such activities, presented five subjects. 
      The legally allowed radiological examination comprising one supine abdominal 
      radiograph was performed. Radiographic findings demonstrated the presence of 
      multiple enteric oval, capsule-shaped packages of soft tissue density. This was 
      confirmed following supervised evacuation of bowel contents induced by the 
      administration of laxatives. Analysis of the concealed material identified 
      ecstasy (methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA)), a substance not previously 
      reported as transported by this route.
FAU - Low, V H S
AU  - Low VH
AD  - Department of Radiology, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Perth, Nedlands, Western 
      Australia 6009, Australia. Vincent.Low@health.wa.gov.au
FAU - Dillon, E K
AU  - Dillon EK
LA  - eng
PT  - Case Reports
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - Australia
TA  - Australas Radiol
JT  - Australasian radiology
JID - 0047441
RN  - 0 (Illicit Drugs)
RN  - KE1SEN21RM (N-Methyl-3,4-methylenedioxyamphetamine)
SB  - IM
MH  - Adult
MH  - Crime
MH  - Digestive System/*diagnostic imaging
MH  - Foreign Bodies/*diagnostic imaging
MH  - Humans
MH  - *Illicit Drugs
MH  - Male
MH  - *N-Methyl-3,4-methylenedioxyamphetamine
MH  - *Radiography, Abdominal
MH  - Travel
EDAT- 2005/09/22 09:00
MHDA- 2005/12/13 09:00
CRDT- 2005/09/22 09:00
PHST- 2005/09/22 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2005/12/13 09:00 [medline]
PHST- 2005/09/22 09:00 [entrez]
AID - ARA1503 [pii]
AID - 10.1111/j.1440-1673.2005.01503.x [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Australas Radiol. 2005 Oct;49(5):400-3. doi: 10.1111/j.1440-1673.2005.01503.x.