Successful pregnancy and delivery of a healthy baby after endometrial biopsy treatment in an in vitro fertilization patient with severe Asherman syndrome.

OBJECTIVE

To implement the procedure of endometrial biopsy in a case of severe Asherman syndrome as a possible treatment to increase uterine receptivity.

DESIGN

Case report.

SETTING

IVF Unit, Kaplan Medical Center, Rehovot, Israel.

PATIENT(S): A 29-year-old patient with severe Asherman syndrome, who underwent six operative hysteroscopies combined with hormonal treatment, and no functional receptive endometrium was achieved.

INTERVENTION(S): We performed three endometrial biopsies on days 8, 12, and 21 of a progyluton-induced menstrual cycle, and a fourth biopsy on day 21 of the next induced menstrual cycle. After that cycle the patient underwent an IVF treatment.

MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE(S): Ultrasound measurement of endometrial thickness, serum beta-hCG, sonography test for the presence of a gestational sac with heartbeat, and pregnancy follow-up until birth.

RESULT(S): Biopsy treatment increased the thickness of the endometrium from unobservable by sonography to 7 mm on the day of hCG administration. The next IVF cycle resulted in implantation of an embryo and the birth of a healthy baby boy.

CONCLUSION(S): Repeated endometrial biopsies may be used in patients with Asherman syndrome immediately after forming a uterine cavity by hysteroscopy to improve its receptivity.