title: Therapeutic approach of immotile cilia syndrome by intracytoplasmic sperm injection: a case report.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Aristotelian University, Thessaloniki, Greece.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Papadimas
authors.forename: B C
authors.initials: BC
authors.lastname: Tarlatzis
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Bili
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sotiriadis
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Koliakou
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bontis
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mantalenakis
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D004398:Dyneins