Fetal age determination from length of femur and humerus by Ultrasonography

Age determination of fetus is a major problem in postmortem cases. The age determination is done by various established methods but sometimes the body of fetus is decomposed or mutilated and then we do not have the routine features which can help in determination of the age. The data is available for determination of age from femur and Biparietal diameter of the skull but every time we see a dead fetus particularly when it is decomposed and mutilated femur or intact skull may not be available. Length of kidney is also used to find the gestational age. To overcome such situation data of length of humerus was collected along with other established parameters of ultrasonography. This study was done so that collected data may be utilized to ascertain the age of the fetus in such cases particularly in the Indian scenario.