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DOI :10.26650/IUITFD.1495005   IUP :10.26650/IUITFD.1495005    Full Text (PDF)

FATAL AMPHETAMINE AND METHAMPHETAMINE POISONING DUE TO BODY PACKER SYNDROME: AUTOPSY CASE

Talip VuralMelike ErbaşHüseyin Çetin Ketenci

People who hide illegal substances in body cavities and pass them through checkpoints are called body packers. With this method, many illegal substances such as cocaine, heroin, hashish, amphetamines, methamphetamine, and ecstasy are transported, often hidden in small packages. In our study, a 27-yearold male who was found dead in his hotel room and who was determined to be a body packer after autopsy is presented. During the autopsy, a foreign substance weighing 465 grams in total, packaged in different coloured packaging materials, was detected in the patient's stomach and intestines. Some packages were found to have been opened. Because of opening of the packages, illegal substances can be absorbed and cause fatal poisoning. Therefore, relevant law enforcement officers, medical personnel, and especially forensic medicine professionals must have sufficient knowledge in the antemortem or postmortem approach to package body syndrome cases. In our study, we aimed to contribute to the literature by sharing, discussing and evaluating autopsy findings with forensic and medical documents.

DOI :10.26650/IUITFD.1495005   IUP :10.26650/IUITFD.1495005    Full Text (PDF)

PAKET VÜCUT SENDROMUNA BAĞLI ÖLÜMCÜL AMFETAMİN VE METAMFETAMİN ZEHİRLENMESİ: OTOPSİ OLGUSU

Talip VuralMelike ErbaşHüseyin Çetin Ketenci

Yasadışı maddelerin paket içerisinde vücut boşluklarına saklanarak kontrol noktalarından geçiren kişiler vücut paketçisi olarak da adlandırılmaktadır. Bu yöntemle sıklıkla küçük paketler içine saklanan kokain, eroin, haşhaş, amfetaminler, metamfetamin ve ekstazi gibi çok sayıda yasadışı maddeleri taşınmaktadır. Çalışamamızda otel odasında ölü olarak bulunan ve otopsi sonrasında vücut paketçisi olduğu tespit edilen 27 yaşındaki erkek olgu sunulmuştur. Otopsi sırasında olgunun midesinde ve bağırsaklarında çok sayıda farklı renkte ambalaj malzemeleri ile paketlenmiş toplamda 465 gram ağırlığında yabancı madde tespit edilmiştir. Bazı paketlerin açılmış olduğu görülmüştür. Paketlerin açılması sonucu yasadışı maddeler emilerek ölümcül zehirlenmelere neden olabilmektedir. Dolayisıyla paket vücut sendromunu olgularına antmortem veya postmortem yaklaşım süreçlerinde ilgili kolluk görevlilerinin, sağlık personellerinin ve özellikle adli tıp profesyonellerinin yeterli düzeyde bilgi sahibi olması gerekmektedir. Çalışmamızda, otopsi bulgularını adli ve tıbbi belgelerle birlikte paylaşarak, tartışarak ve değerlendirerek literatüre katkıda bulunmayı amaçladık.


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Vural, T., Erbaş, M., & Ketenci, H.Ç. (2024). FATAL AMPHETAMINE AND METHAMPHETAMINE POISONING DUE TO BODY PACKER SYNDROME: AUTOPSY CASE. Journal of Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, 87(4), 349-353. https://doi.org/10.26650/IUITFD.1495005


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Vural T, Erbaş M, Ketenci H Ç. FATAL AMPHETAMINE AND METHAMPHETAMINE POISONING DUE TO BODY PACKER SYNDROME: AUTOPSY CASE. Journal of Istanbul Faculty of Medicine. 2024;87(4):349-353. https://doi.org/10.26650/IUITFD.1495005


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Vural, T.; Erbaş, M.; Ketenci, H.Ç. FATAL AMPHETAMINE AND METHAMPHETAMINE POISONING DUE TO BODY PACKER SYNDROME: AUTOPSY CASE. Journal of Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, [Publisher Location], v. 87, n. 4, p. 349-353, 2024.


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Vural, Talip, and Melike Erbaş and Hüseyin Çetin Ketenci. 2024. “FATAL AMPHETAMINE AND METHAMPHETAMINE POISONING DUE TO BODY PACKER SYNDROME: AUTOPSY CASE.” Journal of Istanbul Faculty of Medicine 87, no. 4: 349-353. https://doi.org/10.26650/IUITFD.1495005


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Vural, T. and Erbaş, M. and Ketenci, H.Ç. (2024) ‘FATAL AMPHETAMINE AND METHAMPHETAMINE POISONING DUE TO BODY PACKER SYNDROME: AUTOPSY CASE’, Journal of Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, 87(4), pp. 349-353. https://doi.org/10.26650/IUITFD.1495005 (14 Nov. 2024).


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Vural, Talip, and Melike Erbaş and Hüseyin Çetin Ketenci. FATAL AMPHETAMINE AND METHAMPHETAMINE POISONING DUE TO BODY PACKER SYNDROME: AUTOPSY CASE.” Journal of Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, vol. 87, no. 4, 2024, pp. 349-353. [Database Container], https://doi.org/10.26650/IUITFD.1495005


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Vural T, Erbaş M, Ketenci HÇ. FATAL AMPHETAMINE AND METHAMPHETAMINE POISONING DUE TO BODY PACKER SYNDROME: AUTOPSY CASE. Journal of Istanbul Faculty of Medicine [Internet]. 14 Nov. 2024 [cited 14 Nov. 2024];87(4):349-353. Available from: https://doi.org/10.26650/IUITFD.1495005 doi: 10.26650/IUITFD.1495005


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Vural, Talip - Erbaş, Melike - Ketenci, HüseyinÇetin. FATAL AMPHETAMINE AND METHAMPHETAMINE POISONING DUE TO BODY PACKER SYNDROME: AUTOPSY CASE”. Journal of Istanbul Faculty of Medicine 87/4 (Nov. 2024): 349-353. https://doi.org/10.26650/IUITFD.1495005



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Submitted03.06.2024
Accepted23.09.2024
Published Online27.09.2024

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