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©2013 UpToDate ® Print Email Typical morphologic findings in a SIDS autopsy External examination Well-developed, well-nourished baby Frothy blood-tinged fluid around the nose (50 percent) Cyanosis of the lips and nail beds Hypostatic staining anteriorly suggesting face down position Internal examination Pulmonary congestion (89 versus 80 percent in controls) Pulmonary edema (63 versus 51 percent in controls) Thymic petechiae (44 versus 25 percent in controls) Persistent hepatic erythropoiesis (23 versus 14 percent in controls) "Subacute" inflammation of the upper respiratory tract Focal fibrinoid necrosis of the larynx Full expansion of the lungs Liquid blood in the heart Normal prominent lymphoid tissue Empty urinary bladder (50 percent)