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Ginecol Obstet Mex 2013; 81 (05)

Positive result of human chorionic gonadotropin. Diagnostic considerations

Carazo-Hernández B, Rojas Pérez-Ezquerra B, Lafalla-Bernad O, Pérez-Serrano MC, Bretón-Hernández P, Fabre-González E

Language: Spanish
References: 13
Page: 279-283
PDF size: 371.92 Kb.


ABSTRACT

Positive serum β-human chorionic gonadotropin (β-HCG) in reproductive-age women generally indicates a pregnancy in healthy women. Nevertheless, this result can also be associated to other different etiologies that every gynecologist must know. A case report of a 41-year-old woman who had an elevated β-HCG serum level without pregnancy is presented, which turned out to be the first sign of lung cancer.


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