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*Plume of froth at the mouth/nostrils (fresh drowning only).<ref name=pmid16378701/><ref name=pmid12134758>{{cite journal |author=Bohnert M, Ropohl D, Pollak S |title=[Forensic medicine significance of the fluid content of the sphenoid sinuses] |language=German |journal=Arch Kriminol |volume=209 |issue=5-6 |pages=158–64 |year=2002 |pmid=12134758 |doi= |url=}}</ref> | *Plume of froth at the mouth/nostrils (fresh drowning only).<ref name=pmid16378701/><ref name=pmid12134758>{{cite journal |author=Bohnert M, Ropohl D, Pollak S |title=[Forensic medicine significance of the fluid content of the sphenoid sinuses] |language=German |journal=Arch Kriminol |volume=209 |issue=5-6 |pages=158–64 |year=2002 |pmid=12134758 |doi= |url=}}</ref> | ||
**Underlying etiology: Pulmonary edema (e.g. cerebral vascular malformation<ref name=pmid8454093>{{cite journal |author=Bilotti A |title=Noncardiogenic pulmonary edema: a certain etiology? |journal=Del Med J |volume=65 |issue=1 |pages=25–7 |year=1993 |month=January |pmid=8454093 |doi= |url=}}</ref>) | **Underlying etiology: Pulmonary edema (e.g. cerebral vascular malformation<ref name=pmid8454093>{{cite journal |author=Bilotti A |title=Noncardiogenic pulmonary edema: a certain etiology? |journal=Del Med J |volume=65 |issue=1 |pages=25–7 |year=1993 |month=January |pmid=8454093 |doi= |url=}}</ref>). | ||
***Classic DDx for this finding: narcotics. | |||
Internal:<ref name=pmid12134758>{{cite journal |author=Bohnert M, Ropohl D, Pollak S |title=[Forensic medicine significance of the fluid content of the sphenoid sinuses] |language=German |journal=Arch Kriminol |volume=209 |issue=5-6 |pages=158–64 |year=2002 |pmid=12134758 |doi= |url=}}</ref> | Internal:<ref name=pmid12134758>{{cite journal |author=Bohnert M, Ropohl D, Pollak S |title=[Forensic medicine significance of the fluid content of the sphenoid sinuses] |language=German |journal=Arch Kriminol |volume=209 |issue=5-6 |pages=158–64 |year=2002 |pmid=12134758 |doi= |url=}}</ref> | ||