Publications by authors named "Lyndsae Wheen"

Post-mortem radiology and autopsy findings in a series of six diving-related deaths are presented. The cases had different causes of death but essentially similar radiological findings. We propose that the so-called classical radiological features of cerebral arterial gas embolism more likely represent "off-gassing" (gas coming out of solution into intra-vascular spaces due to pressure changes).

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Background: The authors present a clinicopathological report of their initial experience with perfluorohexyloctane (F6H8), a novel semifluorinated liquid fluorocarbon developed as a long-term vitreous substitute.

Methods: A retrospective observational review was performed of five patients in whom F6H8 had been used for management of rhegmatogenous retinal detachment. Surgical specimens taken from two patients at the time of F6H8 removal were also submitted for histopathological, immunohistochemical and electron microscopic analysis.

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