Philippe Camus, M.D.

Dijon, France

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LVI - Distinctive patterns - 'Eye-catchers'

Eye catcher: Ovoid-shaped mini-bags on imaging of the abdomen

Last update 17/06/2026

Imaging features at PMID 22415809, 22766092, 24443143, 24472727. Rupture of the bags (either spontaneous or via abdominal trauma or compression) may expose to acute heroin, cocaine or methamphetamine poisoning and death (PMID: 15884291, 19342282). Children may be 'used' as drug carriers 'by proxy' (PMID: 12580688). Laxatives and paraffin (used to speed-up elimination of bags in the feces) may dissolve the latex membrane of bags and cause leakage, rupture and fatal poisoning

Causative drugs

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Frequency - Incidence

Incidence of respiratory adverse event(s) due to the specific drug as assessed by number of reported/published cases in the literature. Red digits in stars indicate: 0 = Very rare, questionable signal · 1 = < 10 cases · 2 = 10-50 cases · 3 = 50–100 cases · 4 = 100-200 cases · 5 = >200 cases