Non-mosaic Klinefelter syndrome and successful testicular sperm extraction-intracytoplasmic sperm injection procedure: case report

Gynecol Endocrinol. 2011 Nov;27(11):874-5. doi: 10.3109/09513590.2010.551565. Epub 2011 Feb 7.

Abstract

Introduction: Klinefelter syndrome is the commonest chromosomal cause of non-obstructive azoospermia. Despite reports that these men can have children using assisted reproduction techniques, it is not common practice in the Egypt to offer sperm retrieval to these men.

Design: Case report.

Setting: Private IVF center (EIFC-IVF) and a university hospital.

Patient: A 24-year-old woman and a 29-year-old man with non-mosaic Klinefelter syndrome.

Intervention: Testicular sperm extraction followed by intracytoplasmic sperm injection and embryo transfer (TESE-ICSI).

Results: Fifteen immotile sperms were found, five oocytes were injected, and three embryos were transferred. Now the pregnancy is progressing beyond 20 weeks.

Conclusion: Spermatozoa from a patient with non-mosaic Klinefelter syndrome retrieved through TESE can lead to pregnancy.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Klinefelter Syndrome*
  • Male
  • Pregnancy
  • Sperm Injections, Intracytoplasmic*
  • Spermatozoa*
  • Testis / cytology*
  • Young Adult