F. Patel, ARTIFACT IN FORENSIC MEDICINE - FETAL CONGENITAL ABNORMALITY, The American journal of forensic medicine and pathology, 14(3), 1993, pp. 212-214
A case of congenital defect in an abortus is described and the forensi
c implications of unawareness of childhood artefactual abnormalities w
hich may appear to have a cryptogenic criminal etiology are reiterated
. This is apparently the first case reported in which gastroschisis ha
d been misconceived to be criminal abortion.