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Is benign prostatic hyperplasia the same as benign prostatic hypertrophy?
Lillie83
They are almost the same only because they are benign conditions of prostate, implicating the prostate cells. When hyperplasia happens, the number of prostate cells are multiplied. In cases of hypertrophy, the prostate cells are enlarged, without being multiplied.
Sometimes they occur both as a single condition.
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What is the difference between hyperplasia and hypertrophy?
Hyperplasia is the enlargement of tissues or an organ due to an increase in the number of cells, while hypertrophy causes the same result, but is due to an increase in the size of cells.
What is BPH - benign prostatic hyperplasia?
Enlargement of the prostate. BPH is not cancer, but it can cause some of the same symptoms. [From Federal Citizen Information Center (FCIC) - Understanding Prostate Changes: A Health Guide For All Men]
What does hypertropic mean?
Hypertrophy (from Greek ὑπέρ "excess" + τροφή "nourishment") is the increase in the volume of an organ or tissue due to the enlargement of its component cells. It should be distinguished from hyperplasia, in which the cells remain approximately the same size but increase in number. Although hypertrophy and hyperplasia are two distinct processes, they frequently occur together, such as in the case of the hormonally-induced proliferation and enlargement of the cells of the uterus during pregnancy.
What are hypertrophied genitals?
Hypertrophied genitals is simply hypertrophy in a person's genitals. Hypertrophy is the increase in size of an organ due to the increase in size of its cells. (There is the same amount of cells, but they just get bigger) dont confuse this with hyperplasia which is the increase in the size of an organ due to the increase in number of cells.
What is the difference between Hyperplasia and Neoplasm?
Hyperplasia (or "hypergenesis") is a general term referring to the proliferation of cells within an organ or tissue beyond that which is ordinarily seen. Hyperplasia may result in the gross enlargement of an organ and the term is sometimes mixed with benign neoplasia/benign tumor. Neoplasm is an abnormal mass of tissue as a result of neoplasia. Neoplasia is the abnormal proliferation of cells. The growth of the cells exceeds, and is uncoordinated with that of the normal tissues around it. The growth persists in the same excessive manner even after cessation of the stimuli. It usually causes a lump or tumor. Neoplasms may be benign, pre-malignant or malignant.
Is ligamentum flavum and facet hypertrophy the same as spinal stenosis?
They can be the contributors to the stenosis.
What is eccentric left ventricular hypertrophy?
Ventricular hypertrophy means a thickening of the ventricle walls. This can then be described as eccentric or concentric. Eccentric hypertrophy is where the wall thickens but the ventricle itself dilates therefore the wall is thickened but the ventricular chamber remains the same size. Concentric hypertrophy is where the wall thickens which then makes the internal ventricular chamber smaller.
Can a enlarged prostate cause prostate cancer?
Not necessarily, a prostate can become enlarged over time, especially in older men. This is called BPH (BenignProstatic Hyperplasia). This condition can cause symptoms such as slowed urine flow, general discomfort in the pelvic and lower back region. These same symptoms can be present in the case of cancer as well. But the two conditions are completely different.
How do cells connect with cancer?
Cancer are cells that do not limit their self-division. It is this flagrant growth that forms a tumour. The cancer cells are interconnected with benign cells in the same way that the benign cells connect with each other.
How do you use tumor and cancer in the same sentence?
The cancer had caused the cells to form a tumor; whether it was malignant or benign was unknown.
What is the Medical term meaning good or normal?
Normal means the same thing in medical and common language: typical, not out of the ordinary, average.
How do muscles get larger or smaller?
by hypertrophy (bigger) by making them do alot more work than they use to by lifting weights usually, and atrophy (not being used to same extent as they were)for them to get smaller or 'waste' away from lack of a sustained workload.
