Premature ovarian failure in a woman with a balanced 15;21 translocation: a case report

• Main Authors: Asgari Zahra, Vahid Dastjerdi Marzieh, Hosseini Sayedehafagh, Samiee Haydeh
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: BMC 2011-06-01
• Series: Journal of Medical Case Reports
• Online Access: http://www.jmedicalcasereports.com/content/5/1/250

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Introduction</p> <p>A case of premature ovarian failure with concomitant findings of Robertsonian translocation between 15 and 21 chromosomes is reported here. The aforementioned karyotypic aberration has not been reported in the context of premature ovarian failure to date.</p> <p>Case presentation</p> <p>We present a case of premature ovarian failure in a 27-year-old infertile Kurdish Iranian woman with a Robertsonian 15;21 translocation.</p> <p>Conclusions</p> <p>The diagnosis of premature ovarian failure of unknown etiology, but with karyotypic evidence of a balanced autosomal translocation, suggests the possible role of autosomal genes in the pathogenesis of ovarian follicular attrition.</p>