Multiple Conjoined Oocytes In A Patient With Polycystic Ovary Syndrome Undergoing In Vitro Fertilization.
- Author:
Gladys Anne M. Bermio
1
;
Virgilio M. Novero Jr
2
,
3
Author Information
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords: Conjoined oocytes
- MeSH: Fertilization in Vitro; Sperm Injections, Intracytoplasmic
- From: Philippine Journal of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility 2021;18(2):39-66
- CountryPhilippines
- Language:English
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Abstract:
Conjoined oocytes are characterized by a follicle containing two oocytes surrounded by a single zona pellucida or their fusion in a zonal region. Gonadotropin stimulation, coupled with PCOS, predisposes to the occurrence of conjoined oocytes. Although a result of developmental accident, conjoined oocytes have the potential to develop into genetically normal embryos and babies. In this paper, the authors describe the aspiration of multiple conjoined oocytes in a single IVF cycle, leading to normal fertilization after selective intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI). Development to blastocyst stage allowed trophectoderm biopsy resulting to a euploid embryo that was eventually transferred, and resulted to a live term birth.
Key words: conjoined oocytes, in vitro fertilization (IVF), intracytoplasmic sperm injection(ICSI)
- Full text:PJREI 26.pdf