[Particularly small foetus papyraceus after full pregnancy period (author's transl)]

This is a report on an extremely small fetus papyraceus coinciding with an uncomplicated pregnancy, delivery and post-partum period of a healthy newborn; the blighted twin fetus was found quite unexpectedly after a careful inspection of the placenta and fetal membranes. Because of the possible complications following retention of blighted fetuses in utero it seems wise to us to put great emphasis on tedious examination of the afterbirth especially in all those uniparous women, in whom a multiple pregnancy had been suspected in earlier stages of gestation.