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We present the case of a 38-year-old female born in a developing country who presented to our clinic to establish care for a history of primary hypothyroidism. She was clinically and biochemically euthyroid on thyroid supplementation. She was also noted to have hypocalcemia in the setting of low PTH, for which the patient was previously prescribed calcitriol. Given a history of cleft palate, abnormal facial features, mild recurrent sinopulmonary infections, and her endocrine history (including short stature with height in the 6th percentile), genetic testing was obtained. She was diagnosed with a heterozygous whole gene deletion of the TBX1 gene. Additional genetic evaluation demonstrated a 2.6-Mb microdeleted segment of the 22a11.2 region encompassing 62 genes. The patient was referred to cardiology for evaluation of cardiac involvement given a history of tachyarrhythmia. 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