From the diagnostic perspective, presentation with short stature and dysmorphic facial features may lead pediatricians and clinical geneticists to classify these patients within the group of genetic syndromes rather than connective tissue disorders; this “syndromic” presentation of SLC39A13 is not well known and this report may help raise awareness of this condition and its presenting features among clinical geneticists and dysmorphologists. Here, SLC39A13 is linked to connective tissue disorder.