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 cause of male infertility and to evaluate the role of the recently suggested treatment by intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI). Design: Case report. Setting: Tertiary-care academic hospital. Patient(s): One man with immotile cilia syndrome, showing no motile spermatozoa despite normal morphology and viability. Intervention(s): The patient's partner 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 fertilized and subsequently divided enabling ET in both cycles. Conclusion(s): Intracytoplasmic sperm injection seems to represent a promising approach to the problem of infertility in men with immotile cilia syndrome.