Diseases

Prostatic Hyperplasia

Increase in constituent cells in the PROSTATE, leading to enlargement of the organ (hypertrophy) and adverse impact on the lower urinary tract function. This can be caused by increased rate of cell proliferation, reduced rate of cell death, or both.

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Increase in constituent cells in the PROSTATE, leading to enlargement of the organ (hypertrophy) and adverse impact on the lower urinary tract function. This can be caused by increased rate of cell proliferation, reduced rate of cell death, or both.

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18 entry terms
  • Hyperplasia, Prostatic
  • Adenoma, Prostatic
  • Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia
  • Prostatic Adenoma
  • Prostatic Hyperplasia, Benign
  • Prostatic Hypertrophy
  • Prostatic Hypertrophy, Benign
  • Adenomas, Prostatic
  • Benign Prostatic Hyperplasias
  • Benign Prostatic Hypertrophy
  • Hyperplasia, Benign Prostatic
  • Hyperplasias, Benign Prostatic
  • Hypertrophies, Prostatic
  • Hypertrophy, Benign Prostatic
  • Hypertrophy, Prostatic
  • Prostatic Adenomas
  • Prostatic Hyperplasias, Benign
  • Prostatic Hypertrophies

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35 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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Indexing Annotation

note category: non-neoplastic despite entry terms ADENOMA, PROSTATIC, and PROSTATIC ADENOMA

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History Note

96; was PROSTATIC HYPERTROPHY 1963-95; PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA was see PROSTATIC HYPERTROPHY 1992-95

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  1. C12.100w.500w.565.500w
  2. C12.200.294w.565.500w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Prostatic Hyperplasia. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D011470. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D011470
  2. Prostatic Hyperplasia. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benign_prostatic_hyperplasia
  3. Prostatic Hyperplasia. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q506659