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adenomatosis /ad·e·no·ma·to·sis/ (ad?e-no?mah-to´sis) the development of numerous adenomatous growths.
adenomatosis the formation of numerous adenomatous growths. enzootic bovine adenomatosis porcine intestinal adenomatosis a disease of recently weaned pigs characterized by a sudden appearance of anorexia and weight loss, a short course of a few weeks and recovery in most cases. The diagnostic feature is the adenomatous thickening of the intestinal wall due to proliferation of intestinal epithelial crypt cells. Lawsonia intracellularis is the causative agent. See also ovine pulmonary adenomatosis, proliferative hemorrhagic enteropathy, necrotic enteritis, terminal ileitis. pulmonary adenomatosis see ovine pulmonary adenomatosis. |
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It is sometimes
called familial multiple endocrine adenomatosis or Wermer's
syndrome, after one of the first doctors to recognize it. It is sometimes
called familial multiple endocrine adenomatosis type 1 or Wermer
syndrome, after one of the first doctors to recognize it. |
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