cleft lip and alveolus
MONDO:0015420Mondo
Findings
No curated finding names cleft lip and alveolus yet. Everything below is reference data from Mondo, HPO and GenCC, not evidence about what affects it.
Definition
Cleft lip and alveolus is a fissure type embryopathy that involves the upper lip, nasal base and alveolar ridge in variable degrees.
Definition from the Mondo Disease Ontology (MONDO:0015420), read 2026-09-29. CC BY 4.0.
Features
12 features
What the disease is reported to present with, and how often among people who have it — never how often a feature means the disease. HPO, annotations 2026-09-02.
- Lip pitHPOHP:0100267
- Very frequent (80% to 99% of cases)
- Abnormal nasal morphologyHPOHP:0005105
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- Abnormal pattern of respirationHPOHP:0002793
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- Abnormality of masticatory muscleHPOHP:0410011
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- Abnormality of the faceHPOHP:0000271
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- Disturbance of facial expressionHPOHP:0005324
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- Hypernasal speechHPOHP:0001611
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- Impaired masticationHPOHP:0005216
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- Speech articulation difficultiesHPOHP:0009088
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- Abnormal nasal septum morphologyHPOHP:0000419
- Occasional (5% to 29% of cases)
- DysphagiaHPOHP:0002015
- Occasional (5% to 29% of cases)
- HypodontiaHPOHP:0000668
- Occasional (5% to 29% of cases)
Where it sits
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