An ongoing pregnancy after frozen thawed embryo transfer in a patient with Klinefelter's syndrome

Gynecol Obstet Invest. 2006;62(3):165-7. doi: 10.1159/000093426. Epub 2006 May 18.

Abstract

Background: Pregnancy following frozen thawed embryo transfer in a patient with nonmosaic Klinefelter's syndrome is extremely rare. A healthy ongoing pregnancy achieved with frozen thawed embryo transfer in a patient with nonmosaic Klinefelter's syndrome was described.

Method: A case report from a tertiary center for assisted reproductive technologies. A 34-year-old man with azoospermia and nonmosaic Klinefelter's syndrome and his 26-year-old wife presented with primary infertility of 8 years' duration. Frozen thawed embryo transfer following intracytoplasmic sperm injection using surgically retrieved spermatozoa was performed.

Results: A healthy ongoing pregnancy with a normal 46,XY karyotype was achieved with day 3 frozen thawed embryo transfer.

Conclusion: Frozen thawed embryo transfer may be a viable option to achieve pregnancy in patients with Klinefelter's syndrome.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Azoospermia / etiology
  • Azoospermia / therapy*
  • Cryopreservation*
  • Embryo Transfer*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Klinefelter Syndrome / physiopathology*
  • Male
  • Pregnancy
  • Sperm Injections, Intracytoplasmic*
  • Sperm Retrieval