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. 2013:2013:580709.
doi: 10.1155/2013/580709. Epub 2013 Oct 23.

Management of nonpregnant women with elevated human chorionic gonadotropin

Bernd C Schmid  1 , Aimee Reilly, Martin K Oehler
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Management of nonpregnant women with elevated human chorionic gonadotropin

Bernd C Schmid et al. Case Rep Obstet Gynecol. 2013.

Abstract

Human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) is useful in evaluating and monitoring early pregnancy as well as trophoblastic disease. Here we describe the management of women with elevated serum human chorionic gonadotropin in a case of a 51-year-old female who was unsuccessfully treated for ectopic pregnancy. She was subsequently diagnosed with pituitary hCG production, which should be considered as differential diagnosis before treatment is initiated.

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Algorithm for interpreting low serum hCG results in perimenopausal women to exclude pituitary hCG production.
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