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ReviewJBRA assisted reproduction2026

Successful pregnancy following IVF in a woman with hypopituitarism secondary to germinoma and thrombophilia: a case report and literature review.

Teresa Gastañaga-Holguera, Vanesa Rayo-López, Isabel Campo-Gesto, Marta Calvo-Urrutia

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Review in JBRA assisted reproduction, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Teresa Gastañaga-HolgueraAssisted Reproduction Unit. Hospital Clinico San Carlos. Complutente University of Madrid. Madrid, Spain.
Vanesa Rayo-LópezAssisted Reproduction Unit. Hospital Clinico San Carlos. Complutente University of Madrid. Madrid, Spain.
Isabel Campo-GestoAssisted Reproduction Unit. Hospital Clinico San Carlos. Complutente University of Madrid. Madrid, Spain.
Marta Calvo-UrrutiaAssisted Reproduction Unit. Hospital Clinico San Carlos. Complutente University of Madrid. Madrid, Spain.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A 32-year-old woman with panhypopituitarism following surgical resection, chemotherapy, and radiotherapy for a pituitary germinoma underwent assisted reproductive treatment. Management involved comprehensive hormone replacement therapy, ovulation induction with exogenous gonadotropins, in vitro fertilization (IVF), and thromboprophylaxis with low molecular weight heparin due to a diagnosed thrombophilia. A fresh embryo transfer resulted in a successful singleton pregnancy. The pregnancy progressed uneventfully and reached full term and a healthy neonate was delivered. This case highlights the feasibility of pregnancy in women with complex endocrine and thrombotic conditions and adds to the limited literature supporting IVF in women with significant hypothalamic-pituitary axis compromise.

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Fertilization in VitroGerminomaHypopituitarismPituitary NeoplasmsThrombophiliaAdultFemaleHumansPregnancyPregnancy Outcomeassisted reproductive technologyhypopituitarismIVFpituitary germinomapregnancythrombophilia

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PMID42330180
PMCPMC13318277

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