Cherry-pink lividity
The bright pink discolouration of dependent tissues seen in CO and cyanide deaths. In CO the colour comes from COHb itself, in cyanide it comes from oxygenated venous blood because tissue cannot extract the oxygen.
The bright pink discolouration of dependent tissues seen in CO and cyanide deaths. In CO the colour comes from COHb itself, in cyanide it comes from oxygenated venous blood because tissue cannot extract the oxygen.
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