Cryopreservation of oocytes in a young woman with severe and symptomatic endometriosis: a new indication for fertility preservation

Objective: To report a new indication for fertility preservation. \ Design: Case report. Setting: Academic teaching hospital. Patient(s): A 25-year-old nulliparous woman with severe and symptomatic endometriosis and low antral follicular count. Intervention(s): Oocyte cryopreservation. Main Outcome Measure(s): Number of cryopreserved oocytes. Result(s): After three cycles of ovarian stimulation, we cryopreserved 21 oocytes. Conclusion(s): We recommend fertility preservation as part of preoperative counseling in young women with severe endometriosis. (Fertil Steril (R) 2009; 91: 293.e1-e3. (C) 2009 by American Society for Reproductive Medicine.)