homozygosity for pericentric inversions of chromosome 9 in a patient’s parents with stillbirth- report of a new case and review of literature

pericentric inversions of chromosome 9 are among the most frequent chromosomal rearrangement in human. a few cytogeneticists consider inversions of chromosome 9 as a normal variant. however, many reports in the recent literature link pericentric inversions of chromosome 9 with infertility, recurrent abortions, and a number of other abnormal conditions. we report a case of homozygosity pericentric inversions of chromosome 9 in a woman with 28- wk stillbirth. in this case, her both parents were heterozygotes for the inversions of chromosome 9.