title: Craniopharyngioma and Bardet-Biedl syndrome. A case report.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Bardet-Biedl syndrome is a rare disorder and associated with a variety of anomalies.
  
  
  METHODS
  An 18-year-old woman was referred with primary amenorrhea. Following physical, ophthalmologic, psychiatric, hormonal and radiologic examinations, the diagnosis of both craniopharyngioma and Bardet-Biedl syndrome was established.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Although the pathogenesis of hypogonadism in a woman with Bardet-Biedl syndrome remains unclear, cranial structures, especially the hypothalamus and pituitary gland, should be investigated to reveal any possible abnormalities.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Cerrahpasa School of Medicine, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey. tamererel@superonline.com
authors.forename: C T
authors.initials: CT
authors.lastname: Erel
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Oral
authors.forename: L M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Senturk
authors.forename: M F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Aksu
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000568:Amenorrhea / Q000209:etiology; D020788:Bardet-Biedl Syndrome / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D015992:Body Mass Index; D003397:Craniopharyngioma / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009765:Obesity / Q000209:etiology; D010911:Pituitary Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed