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Endometrial hyperplasia causes

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Swathi Venkatesan, M.B.B.S.[2]

Overview

Overview

Endometrial hyperplasia is caused by high levels of estrogens, combined with insufficient levels of the progesterone-like hormones which ordinarily counteract estrogen‘s proliferative effects on this tissue.^[1]

Causes

Causes

Endometrial hyperplasia is caused by high levels of estrogens, combined with insufficient levels of the progesterone-like hormones which ordinarily counteract estrogen‘s proliferative effects on this tissue.^[1]
High estrogen may be caused by:^[1]
- Obesity
- Polycystic ovarian syndrome
- Estrogen producing tumors (e.g. granulosa cell tumor)
- Estrogen replacement therapy

References

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Endometrial hyperplasia. Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endometrial_hyperplasia#Diagnosis Accessed on March 16, 2016

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