3 Cases of Monozygotic Twin Pregnancy after IVF-ET.

Choi,  Sung Yun; Jung,  Byeong Jun; Choi,  Hyung Min; Kang,  Young Jae; Lee,  Eung Soo; Song,  Hyun Jin

Case Report

Korean Journal of Fertility and Sterility 2000;27(3):295-300.
Published online January 1, 2001.

3 Cases of Monozygotic Twin Pregnancy after IVF-ET.

Sung Yun Choi, Byeong Jun Jung, Hyung Min Choi, Young Jae Kang, Eung Soo Lee, Hyun Jin Song

Abstract

OBJECTIVE
To report three cases of monozygotic twinning after IVF-ET transfer. METHODS: Private practice in two different assisted reproductive technology clinics. RESULTS: Three intrauterine monozygotic twin pregnancies occurred after IVF-ET. One of them was complicated by cord entanglement, another is progressing normal pregnancy without complication and the other was had a normal pregnancy without complication and delivered twin by cesarean section. CONCLUSION: The reported prevalence of multiple gestations in IVF-ET is a approximately 30%, and it is only 2.7% to be monozygotic twinning in IVF-ET. We report three cases of monozygotic twining after IVF-ET.