Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia Overview

Benign prostatic hyperplasia also known as nodular hyperplasia, benign prostatic hypertrophy or benign enlargement of the prostate refers to the increase in size of the prostate in middle-aged and elderly men. To be accurate, the process is one of hyperplasia rather than hypertrophy, but the nomenclature is often interchangeable, even amongst urologists. It is characterized by hyperplasia of prostatic stromal and epithelial cells, resulting in the formation of large, fairly...