A healthy birth after intracytoplasmic sperm injection using ejaculated spermatozoa from a patient with Kartagener's syndrome.
OBJECTIVE
To report a healthy birth that was achieved by intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) with use of ejaculated spermatozoa from a patient with Kartagener's syndrome.


METHODS
Case report.


METHODS
Private infertility clinic.


METHODS
Couple with male factor infertility due to Kartagener's syndrome.


METHODS
Intracytoplasmic sperm injection with ejaculated sperm.


METHODS
Semen characteristics, sperm motility, fertilization, pregnancy, and birth after ICSI.


RESULTS
With ejaculated sperm, the fertilization rates were 73% in the first stimulation cycle and 100% in the second cycle. Intracytoplasmic sperm injection was successful. The pregnancy resulted in birth of a single healthy child.


CONCLUSIONS
With ejaculated sperm, successful pregnancy after ICSI in couples with Kartagener's syndrome is possible. Kartagener's syndrome is a heterogeneous group of disorders with similar clinical presentations, and treatment should be individualized depending on sperm motility.
Matsumoto
Yukiko
Y
Hanabusa Women's Clinic, Chuo-Ku, Kobe, Japan. matsumoto@hanabusaclinic.com
Goto
Sakae
S
Hashimoto
Hiromi
H
Kokeguchi
Shoji
S
Shiotani
Masahide
M
Okada
Hiroshi
H
D000328:Adult; D004542:Ejaculation; D005260:Female; D006262:Health; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007248:Infertility, Male / Q000628:therapy; D007619:Kartagener Syndrome / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D036801:Parturition / Q000502:physiology; D011247:Pregnancy; D020554:Sperm Injections, Intracytoplasmic / Q000379:methods; D013094:Spermatozoa / Q000473:pathology* / Q000637:transplantation