Pregnancy with spermatozoa from a globozoospermic man after intracytoplasmic sperm injection treatment.
We present a case of third trimester pregnancy occurring in a 29 year old woman after intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) treatment with spermatozoa from a globozoospermic man. We believe this is the first reported case. A 37 year old man was diagnosed with globozoospermia with normal sperm count and motility. In-vitro fertilization and subzonal insemination treatments failed to achieve fertilization of any eggs. The ICSI method produced 50% fertilization, 75% cleavage rate and a singleton pregnancy with a female fetus. No pregnancy or fetal abnormalities have been noted after > 7 months of gestation.
Trokoudes
K M
KM
Pedieos IVF Center, Nicosia, Cyprus.
Danos
N
N
Kalogirou
L
L
Vlachou
R
R
Lysiotis
T
T
Georghiades
N
N
Lerios
S
S
Kyriacou
K
K
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005307:Fertilization in Vitro; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008845:Microinjections; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D010063:Ovum; D011247:Pregnancy; D011263:Pregnancy Trimester, Third; D013077:Sperm Head / Q000473:pathology; D013094:Spermatozoa / Q000473:pathology* / Q000648:ultrastructure