Case report: Pregnancy and birth following the use of letrozole in ovulation induction

Abstract

First pregnancy and live birth occurs in assisted fertility clinic in Lima, Peru then obtained from the use of letrozole to stimulate ovulation in a patient 35, with secondary infertility of three years of development and two daughters of 8 and 7 year old. The patient was stimulated letrozole 2.5 mg / day, orally, from third to seventh day of the cycle, associated with hMG, 75 IU / day, IM, from the seventh day in use in October 0000 IU micronized progesterone as luteal support . The case demonstrates the usefulness of letrozole to induce ovulation as an alternative to other ovulation-inducing agent.