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[Normal Delivery by Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection with Epididymal Sperm in a Patient with Azoospermia and Kartagener Syndrome].

Year: 2026

Type: article

Abstract: Kartagener syndrome is deﬁned as a primary ciliary dyskinesia with visceral inversion, bronchiectasis, and chronic sinusitis. Male patients with primary ciliary dyskinesia including Kartagener syndrome are also associated with male infertility, mainly because of sperm tail immobility. We report a case in a 36-year-old man with Kartagener syndrome and azoospermia. An examination indicated obstructive azoospermia. Therefore, testicular sperm extraction and microsurgical epididymal sperm aspiration were performed, and sperm retrieval was successful. Motile epididymal spermatozoa were used for the ﬁrst intracytoplasmic sperm injection, and a single embryo was transferred. The course of pregnancy was uneventful and a healthy boy was delivered. Intracytoplasmic sperm injection following microsurgical epididymal sperm aspiration is an effective treatment for infertility due to Kartagener syndrome.

Source: PubMed

DOI: 10.82687/actaurojp.72.1_11

Authors: Toshiyasu Amano, Yuki Matsumoto, Akitaka Aoki, Tetsuya Imao, Ai Kusaba, Shota Miyashita, Chizue Nishizawa, Hirohisa Fujita

Institution: Nagano Red Cross Hospital

Language: Japanese

Topic: Sperm and Testicular Function

Subfield: Reproductive Medicine

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W7143344906

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