PMC6339722_01
Drug smuggling by body packing in a patient presenting sudden cardiac arrest in the airport.
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Given the patient's medical history and presentation with abdominal pain, sustained sympathomimetic syndrome and intraventricular block on the electrocardiogram, cocaine body packing was suspected and abdominal plain X-ray performed, showing multiple bags in the gastrointestinal tract (Figure 1).