Cryopreservation of a mother's oocytes for possible future use by her daughter with Turner syndrome: case report.
OBJECTIVE
To report a new fertility alternative for women with Turner syndrome, who are rendered infertile, by having their mothers freeze their own oocytes for the purpose of donating to their daughters when they are adults.


METHODS
Case report.


METHODS
Academic teaching hospital.


METHODS
A 33-year-old healthy mother of three children; and her second child, a 6-year-old daughter recently diagnosed with Turner syndrome.


METHODS
Mother-to-daughter oocyte donation combined with oocyte vitrification.


METHODS
Number of cryopreserved oocytes.


RESULTS
After three cycles of ovarian stimulation, 30 oocytes were cryopreserved for the daughter's possible future use.


CONCLUSIONS
The treatment option presented here opens the door for the banking of a mother's oocytes as a possible donation to a young daughter with a medical condition that leads to infertility, for her possible future use.
Gidoni
Yariv S
YS
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, McGill Reproductive Center, McGill University Health Center, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. yariv.gidoni@mail.mcgill.ca
Takefman
Janet
J
Holzer
Hananel E G
HE
Elizur
Shai E
SE
Son
Weon-Young
WY
Chian
Ri-Cheng
RC
Tan
Seang Lin
SL
D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D015925:Cryopreservation; D005260:Female; D005307:Fertilization in Vitro; D006801:Humans; D007247:Infertility, Female / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D018587:Oocyte Donation; D054315:Oocyte Retrieval; D010062:Ovulation Induction; D014021:Tissue Preservation; D014424:Turner Syndrome / Q000150:complications*