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We report a newborn infant who presented at birth with severe hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy (HIE), underwent therapeutic hypothermia (TH), and was later diagnosed with RYR1-related myopathy. Exome sequencing identified a\n                    <jats:italic>de novo<\/jats:italic>\n                    variant of uncertain significance (VUS) in the RYR1 gene (c.14564T&amp;gt;G). The clinical course of the patient was complicated by severe generalized hypotonia, persistent respiratory failure requiring mechanical ventilation, hypocalcemia, chylothorax, and eventual redirection of care with death at 1 month of life. The infant's phenotype included congenital fractures, arthrogryposis, macrocephaly, and cryptorchidism. The phenotype overlapped with the clinical findings of RYR1-related myopathy, providing evidence supportive of the pathogenicity of the identified VUS. Our report aims to be the first step in generating evidence for the reclassification of this VUS. 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