title: Live birth in a 50-year-old woman following in vitro fertilization-embryo transfer with autologous oocytes: a rare case report.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To report a live birth with in vitro fertilization (IVF) from a 50-year-old woman with homologous oocytes.
  
  
  METHODS
  Case report.
  
  
  METHODS
  Referral center.
  
  
  METHODS
  A 50-year-old woman.
  
  
  METHODS
  IVF with fresh embryo transfer (ET).
  
  
  METHODS
  Live birth after IVF.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A 50-year-old woman conceived with her own oocytes by means of IVF. Three fresh embryos were transferred, resulting in a pregnancy and delivery by cesarean section at 35 weeks of a healthy male baby weighing 2,300 g.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Extensive literature search suggests that this is the first case report of live birth in a 50-year-old woman after IVF-ET with her own oocytes. This is a very rare and unusual case that deviates from the norm and therefore warrants attention. In selected cases, assisted reproductive technology might be reasonable to try for a limited number of times with a woman's own oocytes.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Reproductive Medicine, Kolkata, India.
authors.forename: Geetha
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Rani
authors.affiliation: Institute of Reproductive Medicine, Kolkata, India.
authors.forename: Sourendra
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Goswami
authors.affiliation: Institute of Reproductive Medicine, Kolkata, India.
authors.forename: Ratna
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Chattopadhyay
authors.affiliation: Institute of Reproductive Medicine, Kolkata, India.
authors.forename: Sanghamitra
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ghosh
authors.affiliation: Institute of Reproductive Medicine, Kolkata, India.
authors.forename: Baidyanath
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Chakravarty
authors.affiliation: Institute of Reproductive Medicine, Kolkata, India. Electronic address: asha@isismedicare.com.
authors.forename: Ashalatha
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ganesh
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D004624:Embryo Transfer / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D005307:Fertilization in Vitro / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D050498:Live Birth; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009865:Oocytes / Q000637:transplantation*; D011247:Pregnancy; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous / Q000379:methods
keywords: Autologous oocytes; advanced reproductive age; in vitro fertilization; ovarian reserve