Reciprocal balanced translocation: infertility and recurrent spontaneous abortions in a family.

In this case report we present a family with infertile, azoospermic but otherwise apparently healthy males with history of recurrent spontaneous abortions (RSA) in females. Karyotype of the infertile man revealed a reciprocal balanced translocation t(8; 13) with breakpoints at 8q22 and 13p11.2. The reported reciprocal balanced translocation is associated with azoospermia. The same translocation is probably the cause of RSA in females of the family.