[Adenomatous hyperplasia of the corpus endometrium and the endocervix. Origin, severity and therapy]

An excessive endogenous or exogenous stimulation by estrogen induces adenomatous hyperplasia of the endometrium. The age of the patient and the origin of the estrogenic stimulus however influence the morphology of the hyperplasia. Those resulting from exogenous estrogen rapidly regress after the estrogen is discontinued. To cure hyperplasias brought on by endogenous estrogen, however, therapy with high doses of gestagen is required.