cleft soft palate
MONDO:0007338Mondo
Findings
No curated finding names cleft soft palate yet. Everything below is reference data from Mondo, HPO and GenCC, not evidence about what affects it.
Definition
Cleft velum is a fissure type embryopathy that affects in varying degrees the soft palate.
Definition from the Mondo Disease Ontology (MONDO:0007338), read 2026-09-29. CC BY 4.0.
Features
13 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.
- Cleft soft palateHPOHP:0000185
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- Nasal regurgitationHPOHP:0011469
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- Oral-pharyngeal dysphagiaHPOHP:0200136
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- Poor suckHPOHP:0002033
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- Receptive language delayHPOHP:0010863
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- Velopharyngeal insufficiencyHPOHP:0000220
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- Aspiration pneumoniaHPOHP:0011951
- Occasional (5% to 29% of cases)
- Conductive hearing impairmentHPOHP:0000405
- Occasional (5% to 29% of cases)
- Hypernasal speechHPOHP:0001611
- Occasional (5% to 29% of cases)
- Hypoplasia of the maxillaHPOHP:0000327
- Occasional (5% to 29% of cases)
- Recurrent otitis mediaHPOHP:0000403
- Occasional (5% to 29% of cases)
- Short faceHPOHP:0011219
- Occasional (5% to 29% of cases)
Show the remaining 1
- Speech articulation difficultiesHPOHP:0009088
- Occasional (5% to 29% of cases)
Genes
1 gene
Germline variants in the gene encoding each protein, as classified by GenCC submitters, each in their own words. Limited, disputed and refuted submissions are listed too.
- CDH1HGNC:1748
- Moderate · Ambry Genetics · Autosomal dominant · 2018
Where it sits
- A kind of
Other names
2 names
Resolves to: cleft soft palate
- Also called
- cleft velumcleft velum palatinum