Hyperplasia
Hyperplasia refers to abnormal growth resulting in more body cells. The typical example would be a solid tumor, benign or cancerous, resulting from cell overgrowth. Hyperplasia is slightly different from hypertrophy, which is enlargement of existing cells, but both may
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- Enlargement: Enlargement is a very general symptom referring to an increase in size of some body region or organ. Causes of
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- Masses: A mass in the body is a solid lump of body tissue or some other substance. Tumors including benign tumors
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