- Swiss-cheese endometrium
- hyperplasia of the endometrium, under the influence of progesterone, in which the glands vary in size and shape, producing an appearance of small and large holes like those of Swiss cheese.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
Swiss-cheese endometrium
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