title: Hypothalamic hamartoma associated with Laurence-Moon-Biedl syndrome. Case report and review of the literature.
abstract: A rare case of a patient with Laurence-Moon-Biedl syndrome associated with hypothalamic hamartoma is described. The English-language literature contains no cases of patients with this association. The clinical manifestations of this syndrome, those of hypothalamic hamartomas, and the appearance of the tumors on magnetic resonance images are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurological Surgery, School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco.
authors.forename: L L
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: Diaz
authors.forename: K F
authors.initials: KF
authors.lastname: Grech
authors.forename: M D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Prados
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D006222:Hamartoma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D007029:Hypothalamic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D007849:Laurence-Moon Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009460:Neurologic Examination