Rare diseases · Sign or symptom

Mandibulofacial dysostosis

HP:0005321

What it means

A type of craniofacial dysostosis associated with abnormalities of the external ears, mirognathia, macrostomia, coloboma of the lower eyelid, and cleft palate. This is a bundled term that is left in the HPO now for convenience with legacy annotations but should not be used for new annotations.

Rare diseases that can present with this3

Very common80–99%

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Sometimes5–29%

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The range is how often this sign appears among people diagnosed with each disease — it is not a probability of having any of them. Many of these signs also occur in common, non-rare conditions. A sign on this page is a conversation to have with a clinician, not a conclusion.

Part of the broader category

Also called: Treacher Collins syndrome

Mandibulofacial dysostosis

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This page uses the Human Phenotype Ontology (2026-06-23) — Human Phenotype Ontology Consortium, hpo.jax.org. Disease associations from Orphanet (INSERM), CC BY 4.0. Content is educational and is not medical advice.