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OBJECTIVE: To describe a woman with blepharophimosis-ptosis-epicanthus inversus syndrome and hypergonadotropic hypogonadism. DESIGN: Case report. SETTING: University medical center. PATIENT(S): One 25-year-old woman. INTERVENTION(S): Pedigree, hormone assays, and donor embryo transfer. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE(S): Pregnancy. RESULT(S): The patient with hypergonadtropic hypogonadism obtained an ongoing pregnancy after donor embryo transfer. CONCLUSION(S): Blepharophimosis-ptosis-epicanthus inversus syndrome is associated with evidence of premature ovarian failure. The syndrome is a sex-limited, autosomal dominant trait that causes selective loss of ovarian function in affected females. This report emphasizes the importance of a thorough family history and pedigree analysis in the evaluation of a patient with hypergonadotropic hypogonadism.