title: Tubal transport of spermatozoa does not appear to be dependent on normal cilia function.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Clinical Division of Gynecologic Endocrinology and Reproductive Medicine, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria. helmut.ott@uibk.ac.at
authors.forename: Helmut W
authors.initials: HW
authors.lastname: Ott
authors.forename: Kristin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Schmiedehausen
authors.forename: Sonja
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kat
authors.forename: Helge
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Binder
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Gall
authors.forename: Torsten
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kuwert
authors.forename: Dirk
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Heute
authors.forename: Irene
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Virgolini
authors.forename: Ludwig
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Wildt
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002923:Cilia / Q000502:physiology; D005186:Fallopian Tube Patency Tests / Q000379:methods; D005187:Fallopian Tubes / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007619:Kartagener Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D008297:Male; D013094:Spermatozoa / Q000473:pathology / Q000502:physiology*