benign prostatic hyperplasia
MONDO:0010811Mondo
Findings
No curated finding names benign prostatic hyperplasia yet. Everything below is reference data from Mondo, HPO and GenCC, not evidence about what affects it.
Definition
A non-cancerous nodular enlargement of the prostate gland. It is characterized by the presence of epithelial cell nodules, and stromal nodules containing fibrous and smooth muscle elements. It is the most common urologic disorder in men, causing blockage of urine flow.
Definition from the Mondo Disease Ontology (MONDO:0010811), read 2026-09-29. CC BY 4.0.
Where it sits
- A kind of
Other names
6 names
Resolves to: benign prostatic hyperplasia
- Also called
- benign hyperplasia of prostatebenign hyperplasia of the prostatebenign prostate hyperplasiabenign prostatic hyperplasia - BPHbenign prostatic hyperplasia (disease)benign prostatic Hypertrophy