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Mutations that negatively affect chondrogenesis can be a contributor to short stature. One such mutation can occur in the <jats:italic>ACAN<\/jats:italic> gene, causing short stature and advanced bone age. Similarly, mutations in growth hormone receptors (GHR) can lead to Laron syndrome (LS), one of the several disorders that are collectively called growth hormone insensitivity syndrome (GHI). Another example is Floating-Harbor syndrome (FHS), a rare autosomal dominant due to mutations in the <jats:italic>SRCAP<\/jats:italic> gene that can also result in short stature.<\/jats:p>\n<\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n<jats:title>Case presentation<\/jats:title>\n<jats:p>We report the case of a 6-year-old female with concomitant mutations in the three genes mentioned above. The mutations reported here were found on genetic studies and are usually benign, causing a variant of undetermined significance. However, our patient\u2019s phenotype could only be explained by the compounded effects of pathogenic mutations of these genes. Some of the same mutations were also found in the patient\u2019s father and her paternal grandfather. Both also presented with short stature, though not to the same degree as our patient. While these mutations are often reported to be insignificant, they gave rise to severe short stature and a specific phenotype in the patient when presented together. We think that even though the GHI spectrum is inherited through an autosomal recessive pattern, the sum of these heterozygous mutations resulted in severe short stature despite the limited GHI seen in our patient, the father, and the grandfather, through a rare <jats:italic>ACAN<\/jats:italic> and <jats:italic>SRCAP<\/jats:italic> mutation that, to our knowledge, has not been previously reported as a pathogenic mutation in the literature.<\/jats:p>\n<\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n<jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n<jats:p>We investigated the possible synergistic effects of these variations on exacerbation or masking of the signs and symptoms of GHI with the hope of providing a better understanding of these genes and their function through our rare case.<\/jats:p>\n<\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1186\/s40348-020-00104-6","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2020,9,15]],"date-time":"2020-09-15T23:05:45Z","timestamp":1600211145000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/springer_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":2,"title":["Mutations of uncertain significance in heterozygous variants as a possible cause of severe short stature: a case report"],"prefix":"10.1186","volume":"7","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-9218-131X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Nami","family":"Mohammadian Khonsari","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Sahar","family":"Mohammad Poor Nami","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Benyamin","family":"Hakak-Zargar","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Tessa","family":"Voth","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"297","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2020,9,16]]},"reference":[{"key":"104_CR1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"735","DOI":"10.1038\/nrendo.2015.165","volume":"11","author":"J Baron","year":"2015","unstructured":"Baron J et al (2015) Short and tall stature: a new paradigm emerges. 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