Endometrial hyperplasia

Endometrial hyperplasia
Term	Endometrial hyperplasia
Short definition	Endometrial hyperplasia (EN-doh-MEE-baum-ul HY-per-PLAY-zhuh) An abnormal growth of the endometrium (the cell layer that lines the uterus). There are four types of endometrial hyperplasia: simple endometrial hyperplasia, complex endometrial hyperplasia, simple endometrial hyperplasia with atypia, and complex endometrial hyperplasia with atypia.
Type	Cancer terms
Specialty	Oncology
Language	English
Source	NCI
Comments

Endometrial hyperplasia - (pronounced) (EN-doh-MEE-baum-ul HY-per-PLAY-zhuh) An abnormal growth of the endometrium (the cell layer that lines the uterus). There are four types of endometrial hyperplasia: simple endometrial hyperplasia, complex endometrial hyperplasia, simple endometrial hyperplasia with atypia, and complex endometrial hyperplasia with atypia. These vary in how abnormal the cells are and how likely the condition is to become cancerous

External links

• Medical encyclopedia article on Endometrial hyperplasia
• Wikipedia's article - Endometrial hyperplasia

This MedicineGPT article is a stub. You can help make it a full article.

---

Languages: - East Asian 中文, 日本, 한국어, South Asian हिन्दी, Urdu, বাংলা, తెలుగు, தமிழ், ಕನ್ನಡ,
Southeast Asian Indonesian, Vietnamese, Thai, မြန်မာဘာသာ, European español, Deutsch, français, русский, português do Brasil, Italian, polski