Therapeutic approach of immotile cilia syndrome by intracytoplasmic sperm injection: a case report.
OBJECTIVE
To present a case of immotile cilia syndrome, a very rare cause of male infertility and to evaluate the role of the recently suggested treatment by intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI).


METHODS
Case report.


METHODS
Tertiary-care academic hospital.


METHODS
One man with immotile cilia syndrome, showing no motile spermatozoa despite normal morphology and viability.


METHODS
The patient's partner underwent two cycles with IVF of the oocytes achieved by ICSI.


METHODS
Evaluation of ICSI procedure in cases of immotile cilia syndrome.


RESULTS
Thirty-three percent of the oocytes were fertilized and subsequently divided enabling ET in both cycles.


CONCLUSIONS
Intracytoplasmic sperm injection seems to represent a promising approach to the problem of infertility in men with immotile cilia syndrome.
Papadimas
J
J
Aristotelian University, Thessaloniki, Greece.
Tarlatzis
B C
BC
Bili
H
H
Sotiriadis
T
T
Koliakou
K
K
Bontis
J
J
Mantalenakis
S
S
D000328:Adult; D004398:Dyneins / Q000172:deficiency; D005307:Fertilization in Vitro / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007248:Infertility, Male / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D008845:Microinjections; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D009865:Oocytes; D010062:Ovulation Induction / Q000379:methods; D013081:Sperm Motility; D013082:Sperm Tail / Q000473:pathology / Q000648:ultrastructure; D013094:Spermatozoa / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000473:pathology / Q000648:ultrastructure; D013577:Syndrome
D004398:Dyneins