title: Dizygotic twin pregnancy after intracytoplasmic sperm injection of 1 day old unfertilized oocytes.
abstract: We report on a case where late intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) on unfertilized oocytes after standard in-vitro fertilization (IVF) cycles resulted in a dizygotic twin pregnancy. Fifteen oocytes were harvested from a patient with a history of salpingotomy. After a single cycle of IVF, only one oocyte showed two pronuclei. Subsequently ICSI was performed on six unfertilized metaphase II oocytes, and three of these oocytes showed two pronuclei. Three fertilized embryos were transferred (two derived from ICSI and one from IVF). A normal twin pregnancy resulted, and after delivery of two healthy boys the twins were confirmed to be dizygotic by DNA analysis of several loci. We conclude that at least one of the embryos was derived from the reinsemination by 'second day ICSI'.
authors.affiliation: Women's Hospital, University of Würzburg, Germany.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bussen
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Mulfinger
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sütterlin
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Schleyer
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Kress
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Steck
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005307:Fertilization in Vitro; D006801:Humans; D007315:Insemination, Artificial; D011247:Pregnancy; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome; D014429:Twins, Dizygotic