a benign fatty tumor usually composed of mature fat cells. They have a special importance in horses, in which the pedunculated tumors in the abdominal cavity uncommonly twist themselves around a loop of small intestine, sometimes just below the pylorus or around the rectum.
Endometrial Ablation. The lining of the uterusâthe endometriumâis shed by bleeding each month during a womanâs menstrual period. Sometimes the bleeding is too much or too long and treatment is needed. If bleeding does not respond to medication, your doctor may suggest endometrial ablation.
1 In some cases, dysfunctional uterine bleeding can occur with ovulation or the release of an egg from an ovary.  When a woman does not ovulate, there is still stimulation of the uterus from the hormone estrogen. Progesterone, a very important hormone produced by the ovary after the release of an egg, is absent.