PREGNANCY RESULTING FROM FROZEN-THAWED EMBRYOS ACHIEVED BY INTRACYTOPLASMIC INJECTION OF CRYOPRESERVED SPERM CELLS EXTRACTED FROM AN ORCHIECTOMIZED, SEMINOMA-BEARING TESTIS, CAUSING OBSTRUCTIVE AZOOSPERMIA

A clinical pregnancy occurred in a 26-year-old patient after transfer of frozen-thawed embryos had been achieved by intracytoplasmic sperm i njection (ICSI) of cryopreserved spermatozoa. These had been obtained from a testis removed due to seminoma. The couple applied to our ferti lity clinic for sperm cryopreservation before orchidectomy and radioth erapy. Unfortunately the husband was found to be azoospermic upon admi ssion and sperm cells were extracted from the removed testis for use i n our ICSI programme. This case represents a new aetiology for obstruc tive azoospermia that was successfully treated by ICSI. A pregnancy wa s established, resulting in successful birth.