Chocolate Brown postmortem staining is seen in –: (A) H S Poisoning, (B) Opium Poisoning, (C) KCl Poisoning, (D) Cyanide poisoning
Answer is C. In poisoning by nitrites, potassium chlorate, nitrobenzene, potassium bicarbonate and aniline the colour of postmortem hypostasis is chocolate brown due to methemoglobinemia.