Perfluorocarbon syndrome-a possible, overlooked source of fatal gas embolism following uveal-melanoma endoresection

Affiliations

• ¹ Department of Anaesthesia, Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, 162 City Road, London, EC1V 2PD, UK.
• ² Department of Biomedical Science, Humanitas University, Via Montalcini 4, Pieve Emanuele, 20090, Milan, Italy.
• ³ Department of Ophthalmology, Humanitas Gavazzeni-Castelli, Via Mazzini11, 24128, Bergamo, Italy.
• ⁴ Department of Ophthalmology, Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, 162 City Road, London, EC1V 2PD, UK. graemekenneth@gmail.com.
• ⁵ Department of Ophthalmology, Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, 162 City Road, London, EC1V 2PD, UK.
• ⁶ Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Oxford, West Wing, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK.