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Features:<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><ref>URL: [http://netk.net.au/Forensic/Drowning.pdf http://netk.net.au/Forensic/Drowning.pdf]. Accessed on: 20 September 2010.</ref> | Features:<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><ref>URL: [http://netk.net.au/Forensic/Drowning.pdf http://netk.net.au/Forensic/Drowning.pdf]. Accessed on: 20 September 2010.</ref> | ||
*Lung emphysema; "kissing lungs" = lungs touch one another -- on opening the chest. | *Lung emphysema; "kissing lungs" = lungs touch one another -- on opening the chest. | ||
*Froth in the trachea. | *Froth in the [[trachea]]. | ||
*Paltauf spots -- light-red washed-out appearing fingertip-sized spots.<ref>URL: [http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/EN/theme/ME/EN/DE/P/3 http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/EN/theme/ME/EN/DE/P/3]. Accessed on: 20 September 2010.</ref> | *Paltauf spots -- light-red washed-out appearing fingertip-sized spots.<ref>URL: [http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/EN/theme/ME/EN/DE/P/3 http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/EN/theme/ME/EN/DE/P/3]. Accessed on: 20 September 2010.</ref> | ||
**Thought to arise from hemolysis + fluid decedent drown in. | **Thought to arise from hemolysis + fluid decedent drown in. | ||