A report of pregnancy following ICSI in one of two sisters with familiar primary ciliary dyskinesia

Andrologia. 2021 Aug;53(7):e14080. doi: 10.1111/and.14080. Epub 2021 May 9.

Abstract

Primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD) is a disorder of structure and function of motor ciliary and dyskinetic activity of ciliary in the fallopian tubes of affected women and could lead to infertility in some cases. In vitro fertilisation (IVF) is a choice of treatment in infertile women with PCD, which could conquer the tubal dysfunction. In this case study, we report a PCD affected woman with infertility who was treated by IVF and pregnancy was achieved but it failed due to the spontaneous abortion. We also performed whole-exome sequencing for this case and her PCD-affected sister, which did not reveal any genetic abnormality related to the PCD or infertility.

Keywords: in vitro fertilisation; intrauterine insemination; pregnancy; primary ciliary dyskinesia.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Ciliary Motility Disorders*
  • Fallopian Tubes
  • Female
  • Fertilization in Vitro
  • Humans
  • Infertility, Female* / therapy
  • Pregnancy
  • Sperm Injections, Intracytoplasmic

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