Undiagnos Victims of sexual offences: Medicolegal examinations in emergency settings

The aim of the study was to present some data concerning the examinations of victims of sexual offences in emergency settings conducted by medico legal examiners of the Lisbon Department of the National Institute of Legal Medicine (NILM) over a two-year period (2002–2003). The study was based on 352 alleged victims of sexual offences referred by investigating police authorities and physicians working at hospital emergency rooms. Examination records were reviewed and data collected according to the extended medico legal protocol adopted by NILM, which includes sociodemographic variables, and medical and laboratory findings.