Tubal transport of spermatozoa does not appear to be dependent on normal cilia function.
OBJECTIVE
To report the case of a woman with Kartagener's syndrome with complete immotility of ciliae and normal transport of spermatozoa.


METHODS
Case report.


METHODS
A 31-year-old woman with Kartagener's syndrome.


METHODS
Medical university-affiliated teaching hospital.


METHODS
Ultrasonography, hysterosalpingoscintigraphy using technetium-99m-labeled macroaggregates of human serum albumin, application of oxytocin.


METHODS
Dynamic anteroposterior scintigraphy using a gamma camera.


RESULTS
The transport of labeled macrospheres through the fallopian tube into the peritoneal cavity on the side of the leading follicle, compared to the contralateral oviduct where the labeled material may have accumulated within the fallopian tube, is similar to those reported in normal fertile women.


CONCLUSIONS
Transport of spermatozoa is not dependent on normal ciliary function.
Ott
Helmut W
HW
Clinical Division of Gynecologic Endocrinology and Reproductive Medicine, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria. helmut.ott@uibk.ac.at
Schmiedehausen
Kristin
K
Kat
Sonja
S
Binder
Helge
H
Gall
Christian
C
Kuwert
Torsten
T
Heute
Dirk
D
Virgolini
Irene
I
Wildt
Ludwig
L
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