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Successful pregnancy by intracytoplasmic sperm injection after radiotherapy-induced azoospermia
S Ramsewak1, A Naraynsingh, A Kuruvilla
1Assisted Reproduction Unit, Medical Associates Hospital, St Joseph, Trinidad.
The West Indian Medical Journal
|January 20, 2000
Abstract:
A 27-year-old male, who underwent excision and radiotherapy for a pineal gland germinoma four years previously, subsequently developed panhypopituitarism and, thus, complete azoospermia. Gonadotrophin replacement therapy resulted in the production of a small number of motile spermatozoa which were used for Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection (ICSI) into oocytes obtained from his wife. After successful fertilization and embryo transfer, a singleton intrauterine pregnancy was achieved which resulted in the normal delivery of a morphologically normal male live infant at term.