Clinical pregnancies and livebirths achieved by intracytoplasmic injection of round headed acrosomeless spermatozoa with and without oocyte activation in familial globozoospermia: case report

Asian J Androl. 2008 Mar;10(2):332-6. doi: 10.1111/j.1745-7262.2008.00248.x. Epub 2007 Dec 20.

Abstract

We report the successful outcome of intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) treatment in two siblings with familial globozoospermia. After controlled ovarian hyperstimulation and oocyte pick-up, retrieved oocytes were mechanically activated before ICSI and a fertilization rate of 33.3% was achieved in the first case. The second couple underwent ICSI without oocyte activation and a 9.1% fertilization rate was obtained. The transfer of two grade I embryos in the first couple and one grade I embryo in the second couple resulted in clinical pregnancies with healthy livebirths. It was concluded that the main problem of cases with globozoospermia is a low fertilization rate, and even though ICSI and oocyte activation can increase this rate it is not necessarily needed to achieve a pregnancy.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Acrosome
  • Adult
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Infertility, Male / physiopathology*
  • Infertility, Male / therapy*
  • Live Birth*
  • Male
  • Oocyte Retrieval
  • Oocytes / physiology*
  • Pregnancy
  • Sperm Head / ultrastructure
  • Sperm Injections, Intracytoplasmic*
  • Spermatozoa / abnormalities*
  • Spermatozoa / ultrastructure
  • Treatment Outcome