Benign prostatic hypertrophy (BPH) is a non-cancerous enlargement of the prostate gland, commonly found in men over the age of 50.
Review Date: 9/19/2011 Reviewed By: David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc., Louis S. Liou, MD, PhD, Chief of Urology, Cambridge Health Alliance, Visiting Assistant Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School.