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  • Title: [The presence of morphine as heroin metabolites in placental tissue and fetus: case report].
    Journal: Srp Arh Celok Lek; 2014; 142(9-10):610-3. PubMed ID: 25518544.
    Abstract:
    INTRODUCTION: Females who have developed addiction to heroin also abuse it during pregnancy. Heroin can be detected in the fetal blood-flow already an hour after maternal i.v. injection. Heroin metabolites enter the fetal blood-flow through the placental barrier by passive transport. CASE OUTLINE: We present a 27-year-old female in the 5th month of pregnancy that had a miscarriage. Chemo-toxicological analysis (gas chromatography with mass spectrometry--GC/MS), showed the presence of morphine in the fetal liver (31.92 ng/g), placenta (27.94 ng/g) and meconium (136.33 ng/g). The analysis did not show the presence of 6-monoacetylmorphine. CONCLUSION: In all cases when the autopsy of fetus or newborn is performed, with mother suspected as i.v. heroin abuser, chemo- toxicological placental analysis, placenta and meconium should be also done.
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