[Coma following ethanol sclerotherapy].
BACKGROUND
Simple serous renal cysts are an often asymptomatic benign disease, sometimes treated with ethanol sclerotherapy. We report a case of iatrogenic acute alcohol intoxication following percutaneous injection of alcohol into a renal cyst under local anesthesia.


METHODS
The percutaneous injection was guided by computed tomography. At the end of the procedure, the patient went into a coma due to alcohol intoxication: the cyst ruptured and ethanol was resorbed into the systemic circulation.


CONCLUSIONS
Alcohol injection for sclerotherapy is used for several indications. This rare event has not previous been described, but should be known so that physicians can be prepared to manage it correctly.
Blasco
Valéry
V
Département d'anesthésie et de réanimation, CHU de Nord, F-13915 Marseille Cedex 20, France.
Pellegrini
Lionel
L
Visintini
Pierre
P
Leone
Marc
M
Antonini
François
F
Albanèse
Jacques
J
Martin
Claude
C
D000368:Aged; D003128:Coma / Q000139:chemically induced*; D000431:Ethanol / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D007049:Iatrogenic Disease; D052177:Kidney Diseases, Cystic / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D015641:Radiography, Interventional; D012597:Sclerosing Solutions / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects*; D015911:Sclerotherapy / Q000009:adverse effects*
D012597:Sclerosing Solutions; D000431:Ethanol