Journal
BMC WOMENS HEALTH
Volume 19, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
BMC
DOI: 10.1186/s12905-019-0764-8
Keywords
Fertility preservation; Ovarian tissue cryopreservation; Heterotopic transplantation; Restoration of gonadal function; Live birth; Case report
Funding
- Estonian Ministry of Education and Research [IUT34-16]
- Enterprise Estonia [EU48695]
- Horizon 2020 innovation program (WIDENLIFE) [692065]
- European Union FP7 Marie Curie Industry-Academia Partnerships and Pathways funding (IAPP, SARM) [EU324509]
- MSCA-RISE-2015 project MOMENDO [691058]
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BackgroundOvarian insufficiency is a major concern for long-term cancer survivors. Although semen freezing is well established to preserve male fertility, the possibilities to secure post-cancer female fertility are mostly limited to oocyte or embryo freezing. These methods require time-consuming ovarian stimulation with or without in vitro fertilization (IVF) that evidently delays cancer therapy. Ovarian tissue cryopreservation and subsequent thawed tissue autotransplantation are considered the most promising alternative strategy for restoring the fertility of oncology patients, which has not yet received the full clinical acceptance. Therefore, all successful cases are needed to prove its reliability and safety.Case presentationHere we report a single case in Estonia, where a 28-year-old woman with malignant breast neoplasm had ovarian cortex cryopreserved before commencing gonadotoxic chemo- and radiotherapy. Two years after cancer therapy, the patient underwent heterotopic ovarian tissue transplantation into the lateral pelvic wall. The folliculogenesis was stimulated in the transplanted tissue by exogenous follicle-stimulating hormone and oocytes were collected under ultrasound guidance for IVF and embryo transfer. The healthy boy was born after full-term gestation in 2014, first in Eastern Europe.ConclusionDespite many countries have reported the first implementation of the ovarian tissue freezing and transplantation protocols, the data is still limited on the effectiveness of heterotopic ovarian transplant techniques. Thus, all case reports of heterotopic ovarian tissue transplantation and long-term follow-ups to describe the children's health are valuable source of clinical experience.
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