OBJECTIVE: To present a rare infectious complication related to transcervical ET, without prior transvaginal puncture. DESIGN: Case report. SETTING: Hadassah University Hospital, IVF-ET unit. PATIENT: One patient undergoing cryopreserved-thawed ET. INTERVENTIONS: Artificial preparation of the endometrium with E2 and P, followed by transcervical intrauterine cryopreserved-thawed embryo transfer. RESULTS: After ET, severe pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) with ruptured tubo-ovarian abscess was diagnosed and treated. CONCLUSIONS: Severe PID including tubo-ovarian abscess formation should be considered a potential complication after ET, even without transvaginal oocyte aspiration.
OBJECTIVE: To present a rare infectious complication related to transcervical ET, without prior transvaginal puncture. DESIGN: Case report. SETTING: Hadassah University Hospital, IVF-ET unit. PATIENT: One patient undergoing cryopreserved-thawed ET. INTERVENTIONS: Artificial preparation of the endometrium with E2 and P, followed by transcervical intrauterine cryopreserved-thawed embryo transfer. RESULTS: After ET, severe pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) with ruptured tubo-ovarian abscess was diagnosed and treated. CONCLUSIONS: Severe PID including tubo-ovarian abscess formation should be considered a potential complication after ET, even without transvaginal oocyte aspiration.
Authors: Walter Geissdörfer; Christoph Böhmer; Klaus Pelz; Christoph Schoerner; Wolfgang Frobenius; Christian Bogdan Journal: J Clin Microbiol Date: 2003-06 Impact factor: 5.948