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Human Reproduction, Vol. 14, No. 10, 2517-2518, October 1999
© 1999 European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology

Failure of fertilization after intracytoplasmic sperm injection in a patient with Kartagener's syndrome and totally immotile spermatozoa: Case Report

Antoine Abu-Musa1,3, Antoine Hannoun1, Antoun Khabbaz1 and Paul Devroey2

1 Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, American University of Beirut – Medical Centre, Beirut, Lebanon and 2 Centre for Reproductive Medicine, University Hospital, Dutch-speaking Brussels Free University, Laarbeeklaan 101, B-1090 Brussels, Belgium

Patients with Kartagener's syndrome (KS) are invariably infertile with totally immotile spermatozoa. Intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) is considered to be the treatment of choice for patients with immotile spermatozoa. We report the second KS case in the literature from whom immotile spermatozoa from the ejaculate failed to fertilize mature oocytes after ICSI. The role of micromanipulation in the treatment of KS patients is discussed.

Key words: ICSI/immotile spermatozoa/Kartagener's syndrome

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