Case Reports in Obstetrics and Gynecology (Jan 2013)

Acute Transverse Myelitis Associated with Buserelin Use during IVF

  • Djavid I. Alleemudder,
  • Khaled Sadek,
  • Shaun Fountain,
  • Sallie Davies

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1155/2013/386765
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 2013

Abstract

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A healthy woman undergoing in vitro fertilization (IVF) developed acute transverse myelitis (ATM) following the use of Buserelin. ATM has a multifactorial etiology and may develop as a result of the activation of immune responses. Infectious agents have been postulated as possible triggers of an immune response (Sá, 2009). Gonadotropin-releasing agonists may have a similar role and trigger the acceleration of preexisting disease by the activation of immune responses (Ho et al., 1995, and Umesaki et al., 1999).