title: Congenital obstructive azoospermia in a man with Marfan syndrome.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To present a case of Marfan syndrome and concurrent congenital obstructive azoospermia.
  
  
  METHODS
  Case report.
  
  
  METHODS
  Tertiary-care academic hospital.
  
  
  METHODS
  A man with Marfan syndrome and obstructive azoospermia.
  
  
  METHODS
  The patient was evaluated for azoospermia that was proved to be due to congenital absence of large segments of vas deferens and epididymis bilaterally.
  
  
  METHODS
  Evaluation for testicular sperm extraction and ICSI procedure.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The patient is a candidate for testicular sperm extraction and ICSI.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The Marfan syndrome and azoospermia may be associated in sporadic cases.
authors.affiliation: Human Reproduction Unit, First Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Aristotle University, Thessaloniki, Greece. akukuvit@cc.uoi.gr
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kukuvitis
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Georgiou
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ioannidis
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Tarlatzis
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bontis
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Papadimas
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008382:Marfan Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D009845:Oligospermia / Q000150:complications*; D013091:Spermatogenesis / Q000502:physiology; D013737:Testis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D014463:Ultrasonography; D014998:Y Chromosome / Q000235:genetics