(n.) An increase in, or excessive growth of, the normal elements of any part.
Example Sentences:
(1) Weddellite calcification was associated with benign lesions in 16 cases, but incidental atypical lobular hyperplasia and lobular carcinoma in situ were present, each in one case.
(2) One must be suspicious of any gingival lesion, particulary if there is a sudden onset of bleeding or hyperplasia.
(3) The vulvar white keratotic lesions which have been subjected to histological examination in Himeji National Hospital (1973-1987) included 13 cases in benign dermatoses, 4 cases in vulvar epithelial hyperplasia, 3 cases in lichen sclerosus, and 3 cases in lichen sclerosus with foci of epithelial hyperplasia.
(4) Using an antibody to the nerve growth factor receptor (NGFR), we examined dendritic reticulum cells (DRCs) immunohistochemically in 62 formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded lymph nodes from patients with reactive follicular hyperplasia or with various types of lymphoma.
(5) A constellation of histologic lesions was identified in brain (diffuse meningoencephalitis with bilaterally symmetrical thalamic necrosis), liver (pericholangiohepatitis), lung (pneumonitis), and spleen (lymphoid hyperplasia); this tetrad is apparently unique to this model system.
(6) Four cases of benign lymphoid hyperplasia (BLH) of the duodenal bulb are reported.
(7) At autopsy, this DOCA-hypertensive rat was found to have a form of hepatitis associated with proliferative activity, i.e., cellular unrest, mitotic figures and oval cell hyperplasia.
(8) In 20 patients (18.2%), visualization revealed uterine abnormalities, mainly newly added endometrial lesions, i.e., hyperplasia, polyps, endometritis, and synechiae.
(9) The left adrenalectomy revealed micronodular hyperplasia but resulted in a prompt and sustained reversal of hypertension and hyperaldosteronism.
(10) Mucosal bleeding and megakaryocytic hyperplasia occurred in all patients.
(11) These injections led to epidermal hyperplasia in areas overlying the irritant and the effect was most significant when the irritant was placed in the upper dermis.
(12) Equine Cushing's disease is caused by an adenomatous hyperplasia of the intermediate pituitary which secretes high levels of beta-endorphin, ACTH, and other peptide derivatives of POMC.
(13) It is clear that some degree of thyroid inhibition can be accommodated within the bounds of the normal feedback mechanism without the induction of either hyperplasia or neoplasia.
(14) Antibodies were almost never present in the absence of conjunctival follicles, but their titres were unrelated to the degree of follicular hyperplasia; there was no obvious relationship between the serological findings and corneal lesions.
(15) In addition, mice exposed to 20 or 60 ppm had hyperplasia of the transitional epithelium lining the urinary bladder.
(16) The patterns of urinary 17-ketosteroids, pregnanediol, pregnanetriol and pregnanetriolone were similar to those commonly seen in congenital adrenal hyperplasia with steroid 21-hydroxylase deficiency.
(17) Water restriction of HYD birds for 5 days as adults stimulated tubule hypertrophy but not to the same extent as the chronic regimen and with no evidence for hyperplasia.
(18) The effects of finasteride in patients with benign prostatic hyperplasia were investigated in 2 double-blind, placebo-controlled studies.
(19) The development of intimal hyperplasia is not excluded, as well as of inflammatory reaction with the following thrombotic occlusion of the artery lumen.
(20) The purpose of this report is to present the kinetics of reduction of epidermal mass following the production of the epidermal hyperplasia as the epidermis returns to its normal thickness during the period of regression.
Overgrowth
Definition:
(n.) Excessive growth.
Example Sentences:
(1) Rapid overgrowth of all cultures with the E. coli necessitated the use of selective media containing antimicrobial agents to which the E. coli was sensitive.
(2) Tissue overgrowth (pannus) was seen in all but three prostheses.
(3) Susceptible rat strains develop hepatobiliary injury following the surgical creation of self-filling blind loops that cause small bowel bacterial overgrowth.
(4) We conclude that in patients receiving mechanical ventilation, the use of a prophylactic agent against stress-ulcer bleeding that preserves the natural gastric acid barrier against bacterial overgrowth may be preferable to antacids and H2 blockers.
(5) An overgrowth of bacteria was observed over the entire surface of the clips.
(6) The previous demonstration that sperm kept at body temperature (37 degrees C) had a marked deterioration in motility accompanied by an overgrowth of bacteria in the semen and a concomitant decrease in pH led to this study to test the hypothesis that the decrease in motility was caused by the bacteria or by bacterial alteration of seminal pH.
(7) Pathologic examination revealed no endometriosis, but examination of the distal appendix showed structural disorganization of its entire wall, with lack of proper differentiation of its normal coats and irregular overgrowth of fibroadipose, fibromuscular, and neural elements.
(8) Mutations of the lethal(1)discs large-1 (dlg) tumor suppressor gene of Drosophila cause neoplastic overgrowth of the imaginal discs.
(9) The microbial overgrowth syndrome of the small bowel (MOS) is characterized by clinically found symptoms of increased metabolic activities of microorganisms existing in a great number in the intestinal juice of these patients.
(10) "Neural overgrowth" and disturbed "recanalization process" are discussed in relation to the pathogenesis of myelomeningocele.
(11) Fifteen children who fulfilled the criteria of chronic non-specific diarrhea of infancy were evaluated for intestinal bacterial overgrowth.
(12) If not enough styloid is excised, osteophytic overgrowth will occur; if too much is excised, the carpus will sublux radially.
(13) Overgrowth of cartilage by inflamed synovium was seen within 3-6 days of induction of arthritis and by day 12 the interface between these two tissues was largely indistinguishable.
(14) This study shows the efficacy of both quinolones in eradicating gram-negative bacilli in the alimentary tract of bone marrow transplant patients; however, the finding of the overgrowth of resistant gram-positive organisms during treatment with these agents deserves further evaluation.
(15) With regular feeding, these cultures can be maintained for at least 3 weeks with no overgrowth by mononucleate cells, and with far less degeneration than with insulin as the only supplement.
(16) The inhibition, during the late phase, is mainly related to an overgrowth of the enteric bacteria.
(17) The establishment of myeloschisis was followed by local separation of the notochord from an open area of neural tube, but not by overgrowth of neural tissue.
(18) Complex combined vascular malformations with limb overgrowth need careful investigations to clearly define the vascular component and the management.
(19) One mode involves focal overgrowth of membrane bones, producing multiple hyperostoses which result in progressive craniofacial disfigurement and asymmetry.
(20) The progressive valgus deformity might have been caused by stimulation of overgrowth of the medial tibial metaphysis.