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Most common consistent feature after a child has been taken out from pond died from drowning is:

A
Water in lungs alveoli
B
Petechial haemorrhages
C
Washer woman skin
D
Cyanosis
High-Yield Explanation
B i.e. Patechial haemorrhage None of them is specific finding of antemoal drowning Paltauf's haemorrhage (sub pleurally) are found when alveolar walls rupture as a result of increased pressure during forced expiration. Presence of water in lung alveoli does not indicate antemoal drowning if it does not contain froth. - Reddy - Petechial haemorrhages of asphyxial type are not found usually. Rarely subepicardial region of hea posteriorly may show.

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