van Dongen R T, Crul B J
Institute for Anesthesiology, University Hospital, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
Anaesthesia. 1991 Oct;46(10):862-3. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.1991.tb09603.x.
A case is described in which a coeliac plexus block with alcohol 48%, performed under X ray control, resulted in paraplegia. Ischaemia of the spinal cord, due to damage to the arterial blood supply, was thought to be the cause.