THERAPEUTIC APPROACH OF IMMOTILE CILIA SYNDROME BY INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION - A CASE-REPORT

Objective: To present a case of immotile cilia syndrome, a very rare c ause of male infertility and to evaluate the role of the recently sugg ested treatment by intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI). Design: Ca se report. Setting: Tertiary-care academic hospital. Patient(s): One m an with immotile cilia syndrome, showing no motile spermatozoa despite normal morphology and viability. Intervention(s): The patient's partn er underwent two cycles with IVF of the oocytes achieved by ICSI. Main Outcome Measure(s): Evaluation of ICSI procedure in cases of immotile cilia syndrome. Result(s): Thirty-three percent of the oocytes were f ertilized and subsequently divided enabling ET in both cycles. Conclus ion(s): Intracytoplasmic sperm injection seems to represent a promisin g approach to the problem of infertility in men with immotile cilia sy ndrome.