Blindness in postpartum period: spinal analgesia or pre-eclampsia caused it?

Spinal anaesthesia is associated with certain complications such as severe hypotension, post-spinal headache, meningitis, audiovisual disturbances and some time transient or permanent neurological damage. Now-a-days spinal anaesthesia is in demand again due to cost effectiveness, rapidity and predictability of effects and decreased rate of complications. A case of a young woman who received spinal analgesia for labor and within twenty-four hours, developed a throbbing heathche is reported here. On the fourth post-spinal day she complained of visual disturbances which rapidly led to complete blindness. The problem of an appropriate diagnosis of the cause could lead to medicolegal issues.