ISSN: 0022-1198
CODEN: JFSCA
Published Online: 1 January 1983
Page Count: 2

Morphine in Lymph Nodes of Heroin Users
Nakamura, GR
Chief chemist, U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Laboratory-Pacific, CA

Choi, JH
Forensic pathologist, CA

(Received 17 April 1982; accepted 2 June 1982)

Abstract

During the autopsy of heroin users, the most consistent morphologic finding is the enlargement of hepatic lymph nodes. Nodes from seven heroin addicts were analyzed for morphine and a concentration range of 0.02 to 0.87 mg/100 g was found. Morphine was detected in all of the nodes examined and the concentration was generally higher than that in the blood.

Keywords:
pathology and biology, lymph nodes, morphine, heroin

Paper ID: JFS12258J
DOI: 10.1520/JFS12258J
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