Elevated human chorionic gonadotrophin without pregnancy: A case of gallbladder carcinoma
| Autor: | Anne Leostic, Phuong Lien Tran, Hervé Fagot, Malik Boukerrou |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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endocrine system medicine.medical_specialty Chorionic gonadotrophin 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology Chorionic Gonadotropin Gastroenterology Human chorionic gonadotropin Elevated serum 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Internal medicine Rare case medicine Carcinoma Humans reproductive and urinary physiology Pregnancy urogenital system business.industry Gallbladder Obstetrics and Gynecology medicine.disease medicine.anatomical_structure Reproductive Medicine 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis Gallbladder adenocarcinoma Female Gallbladder Neoplasms business hormones hormone substitutes and hormone antagonists |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Gynecology Obstetrics and Human Reproduction. 47:141-143 |
| ISSN: | 2468-7847 |
| Popis: | We report a rare case of primary gallbladder adenocarcinoma producing human chorionic gonadotropin (HCG) in a 31-year-old woman. The patient was first misdiagnosed and monitored for an extra-uterine pregnancy. The most frequent cause of elevated serum HCG is pregnancy but elevated HCG can also be a marker of others pathologies like tumors. It is of utmost importance to keep in mind all the possible causes of elevated serum HCG. Once pregnancy has been ruled out, complementary exams should be performed to seek a tumor, especially since tumors producing HCG can be particularly aggressive. |
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