| Successful pregnancy in a Swyer syndrome patient with preexisting hypertension. | |
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PMID: 21782051 Owner: NLM Status: In-Data-Review |
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OBJECTIVE: To report a case of a successful pregnancy and delivery of a patient with 46,XY pure gonadal dysgenesis (Swyer syndrome) and preexisting chronic hypertension who underwent in vitro fertilization (IVF) and embryo transfer (ET). DESIGN: Case report and review of the literature. SETTING: 2nd Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Athens, Medical School, "Aretaieion" Hospital. Division of Pediatric-Adolescent Gynecology and Reconstructive Surgery. PATIENT(S): A 35-year-old woman with Swyer syndrome and chronic idiopathic hypertension. INTERVENTION(S): Karyotype analysis due to primary amenorrhea; gonadectomy, hormone therapy, investigation of hypertension, IVF using donor oocytes, embryo transfer and caesarean delivery for fetal distress. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE(S): Successful pregnancy and live birth. RESULT(S): We present a rare case of a successful pregnancy of a patient with Swyer syndrome accompanied by idiopathic chronic hypertension. CONCLUSION(S): A woman with Swyer syndrome, hypoplastic uterus, and chronic hypertension delivered a healthy newborn. |
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George Creatsas; Efthimios Deligeoroglou; Pantelis Tsimaris; Konstantinos Pantos; Maria Kreatsa |
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Type: Journal Article |
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Title: Fertility and sterility Volume: 96 ISSN: 1556-5653 ISO Abbreviation: Fertil. Steril. Publication Date: 2011 Aug |
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Created Date: 2011-07-25 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 0372772 Medline TA: Fertil Steril Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: e83-5 Citation Subset: IM |
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Copyright © 2011. Published by Elsevier Inc. |
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Division of Pediatric-Adolescent Gynecology and Reconstructive Surgery, 2nd Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Athens, Medical School, "Aretaieion" Hospital, Athens, Greece. |
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