WorksheetsMale infertility
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 8mins
Name the sample A?
Oligozoospermia
Asthenospermia
Aspermia
Teratozoospermia
A 27 yo woman fails to conceive for 6 months . She has normal menstrual cycle, and no significant medical or surgical history. Her BMI is 23.5 kg /m2 . Her partner is 30yo with BMI 24 kg/m2. No significant medical or surgical history . There is no history suggestive of sexual dysfunction. What would be the first line of management ?
Attempt IUI without any further delay
Dx laparascopic and hysteroscopy
Advise folic acid , educate abour fertile period and try naturally for another 6 months
Induction of ovulation with clomiphene citrate
Pelvic ultrasound and measure serum AMH FSH
Following fertility investigations, a man is found to have idiopathic oligozoospermia. He enquires if there is any treatment he can take to improve his sperm count . What would you recommend?
Androstenedione
Clomiphene citrate
Letrozole
No treatment is proven benefit
Recombinant FSH
•According to the current WHO criteria , what is the reference limit for the total number of spermatozoa in an ejaculate ?
4x 106
15 x 106
32 x 106
39 x 106
58 x 106
The GP has referred a 26 year old woman to the infertility clinic who has been trying to conceive for the last 2 years . Her pelvic ultrasound is normal. Her husband has fathered a child from his previous relationship . His semen analysis is as follows with the referral form. Which one of the following parameters is an abnormal result ?
Percentage of abnormal form: 85%
Progressive motility : 35%
Ph 7.12
Total sperm number: 40 million
Semen volume 2 ml
A 38yo Asian woman has been referred to the infertility clinic. She has been trying to conceive for the last 14months . Her recent HSG reveals a normal uterine cavity & tubes. A day 21 serum progesterone level is reported to be 31 ng/mL. Her husband’s semen analysis results are reported as follows:
•Percentage of abnormal forms : 85%
•Progressive motility : 35%
•Ph 7.22
•Total sperm number 40 million
•Semen volume 2 mL
•How should she be managed regarding her subfertility?
IVF with ICSI
Clomiphene citrate for 3 cycles followed by IUI
Clomiphene citrate and IUI
Advise regular unprotected SI at least 3x /week
Clomiphene citrate 6 cycles followed by IUI
A 39 year old male presents to a fertility clinic following a repeat semen analysis for oligoasthenoteratozoospermia. The semen analysis results show semen volume 1.0mL , sperm concentration 2x 106 , total motility 10% , normal forms 1%, and vitality 10% .•What is the next appropriate next step in management?
•Controlled ovarian stimulation with IUI
•IVF using intracystoplasmic sperm injection technique
•IVF using donor sperm
•Natural cycle IUI
Testicular biopsy
•A male patient presents with history of anosmia , azoospermia , bilateral small testes and gynaecomastia .
•What is the best treatment modality ?
Bromocriptine
•Clomifene
•Gonadotropins
•Letrozole
Testosterone replacement
Microdeletion seen in one or more gene of the long arm of Y chromosome is seen what % of men with azoospermia .
•1%
•5-10%
•10-15%
•25%
more than> 50%
•29yo woman for subfertility . Investigation reveals mid cycle progesterone 65 , normal FSH , LH , normal HSG / thyroid and prolactin normal. USG normal,semen analysis shows Azoospermia, all of the following can cause azoospermia except :
•cystic fibrosis
•Kallman syndrome
testosterone therapy
•Klinefelter syndrome
Down syndrome
•A couple were investigated for infertility . The man was found to be oligozoospermic and the women had blocked tubes and irregular ovulation. They were therefore offered ICSI with superovulation. They are anxious about the effects of the procedure on the resulting children. Which complications listed below are related to ICSI ?
•cancer in children
•chromosomal abnormality
•Growth discordancy in childhood
•Premature labour
Y chromosome deletion
•A 24 yo P0+0 lady attends the clinic with history of failure to conceive for about 26months despite having regular unprotected SI . She has no medical prob and regular menses. Her partner is a 36year old man who is generally healthy, smoke 20 cigarettes/day and drinks >12units alcohol/week. He has history of mumps when he was 16yo. His semen analysis has shown absence of any sperm that has been confirmed by repeat test. His serum FSH & LH raised , serum testosterone is low. He has normal karyotype . Best management plan is:
•Antioxidant treatment for 6months
•Donor insemination
•Testicular sperm aspiration+ IVF + ICSI
•Male partner to stop smoking and drinking, recheck semen analysis in 3 months.
•HCG treatment for 3months for male partner
