A 28-year-old male is recovered from a river after 6 hours of submersion. On autopsy, the lungs are pale, voluminous, and frothy with fluid at the mouth and nostrils. The heart shows petechial hemorrhages. Which finding best distinguishes this as fresh water drowning rather than salt water drowning?

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