Cocaine-Filled Capsule Detected After Firearm Injury: A Case Report

Emergency departments are facing increasing drug-related health problems with difficult medicolegal and social consequences. A 25-year-old male no past medical history arrived at our emergency department. He was brought to the room of hospital by security forces, as he suffered a gunshot wound while traveling place. The cocaine-filled capsule seen on plain abdominal film. film is most commonly used radiological tool detect 2-8 cm drug-filled packages within gastrointestinal tract body packers. In study that analyzed role drugs in firearm deaths New York between 1990 1998, more than half had positive drug toxicology. Physicians working unit should be prepared for secondary diagnoses. addition, different examination imaging findings kept mind suspicious cases.