cleft palate short stature vertebral anomalies syndrome cleft palate short stature vertebral anomalies syndrome cleft palate short stature vertebral anomalies, also known as mathieu-de broca-bony syndrome, is a very rare multi-systemic genetic disorder which is characterized by congenital cleft palate, facial dysmorphisms, short stature and neck, vertebral abnormalities and intellectual disabilities. it is thought to be inherited in an autosomal dominant fashion. cleft palate-short stature-vertebral anomalies syndromeother namesmathieu-de broca-bony syndromespecialtymedical geneticssymptomsvertebral anomalies, intellectual disabilities, short stature, cleft palateusual onsetbirthdurationlife-longcausesautosomal dominant inheritancepreventionnoneprognosisgoodfrequencyvery rare, only 2 cases from one family have been recorded in medical literature presentation people with this disorder usually show the following symptoms: cleft palate facial asymmetry epicanthal folds short nose anteverted nostrils low-set ears reduced thickness of upper lip micrognathism short stature short neck vertebral abnormalities intellectual disabilities single transversal palmar line etiology this disorder was first discovered in 1993 by m mathieu et al., when they described an adult man and his (also affected) son with the symptoms mentioned above, since then, no other cases of the disorder have been described in medical literature.