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It is generally accepted to associate 5th digit\/nail hypoplasia, intellectual disability (ID)\/developmental delay and specific coarse facial features. CSS patients usually display miscellaneous cardiac, genitourinary and central nervous system (CNS) anomalies. Many patients also associate intrauterine growth restriction, failure to thrive and short stature, with several cases demonstrating growth hormone deficiency (GHD). We report the case of a 4-year-old girl with severe short stature (-3.2 standard deviations) due to pituitary hypoplasia and GHD that associated hypoplastic distal phalanx of the 5th digit in the hands and feet, severe ID, coarse facial features (bushy eyebrows, bulbous nose, flat nasal bridge, dental anomalies, thick lips, dental anomalies, bilateral epicanthal fold) and CNS anomalies (agenesis of the corpus callosum and bilateral hippocampal atrophy), thus meeting clinical criteria for the diagnosis of CSS. Karyotype was 46,XX. 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