Sentences with phrase «uterine tissue outside»

TUESDAY, March 29, 2016 (HealthDay News)-- Women who have endometriosis, the abnormal growth of uterine tissue outside the uterus, may face a 60 percent higher risk of developing heart disease than women without the disorder, a new study suggests.

Using gene sequencing tools, scientists from Johns Hopkins Medicine and the University of British Columbia have found a set of genetic mutations in samples from 24 women with benign endometriosis, a painful disorder marked by the growth of uterine tissue outside of the womb.

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«It is characterized by small, misplaced pieces of tissue similar to what we normally see in the uterine lining, which we refer to as implants, that appear outside the uterus.

Endometriosis occurs when the tissue that forms the lining of your uterus grows outside of your uterine cavity.

Just as the uterine lining sloughs off during your period, the same thing happens to the endometrial tissue outside the uterus, but the blood has nowhere to go.

endometriosis: the abnormal growth of uterine tissue (endometrium) in places outside the uterus such as on the ovaries and other pelvic structures; associated with estrogen dominance.

Submucosal: grow in the innermost layer of the uterus Intramural: grow in the middle layer of the uterus Subserosal: grow in the outer wall of the uterus Pedunculated: attached to a stalk either outside of the uterus or within the uterine cavity Cervical: in the cervical tissue Interligamentous: between the uterine broad ligaments

Endometriosis is a condition in which tissue like the endometrium — typically found in uterine lining — develops outside the uterus.