adenomatosis

(medicine) A condition characterized by multiple adenomas within an organ or in several related organs.

Development of multiple glandular overgrowths.

The formation of numerous adenomatous growths.

• enzootic bovine a. — see atypical interstitial pneumonia.
• porcine intestinal a. — a disease of recently weaned pigs characterized by a sudden appearance of anorexia and weight loss, a short course of a few weeks and recovery in most cases. The diagnostic feature is the adenomatous thickening of the intestinal wall due to proliferation of intestinal epithelial crypt cells. Lawsonia intracellularis is the causative agent. See also ovine pulmonary adenomatosis, proliferative hemorrhagic enteropathy, necrotic enteritis, terminal ileitis.
• pulmonary a. — see ovine pulmonary adenomatosis.