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Don’t cancel the surgery just yet! A case report of positive preoperative pregnancy test due to a soft tissue sarcoma production of ectopic beta human chorionic gonadotropin [PDF]
Rare Tumors, 2018 Soft tissue sarcomas are a rare group of mesenchymal malignancies which can range from low to high grade. These tumors have different clinical, radiographic, and histopathological characteristics. Beta human chorionic gonadotropin is a naturally secreted
Alan Todd Blank +3 more
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An unusual cause of gynaecomastia in a male [PDF]
Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism Case Reports, 2019 Beta-human chorionic gonadotropin (βhCG) is normally produced by syncytiotrophoblasts of the placenta during pregnancy and aids embryo implantation.
Tejhmal Rehman +4 more
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Exclusion of pregnancy in dialysis patients: diagnostic performance of human chorionic gonadotropin
BMC Nephrology, 2020 Background A positive pregnancy test in acute or chronically ill patients has implications for the use of potentially mutagenic or teratogenic products in urgent medical therapies such as the use of chemotherapies or therapies with immunosuppressants ...
Natalja Haninger-Vacariu +9 more
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Urothelial carcinoma of the prostate with raised β-hCG levels: a case report
Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2022 Background Trophoblastic differentiation in primary urothelial carcinoma of the prostate is extremely rare. An increased level of β-subunit human chorionic gonadotropin in serum in urothelial carcinoma is detected in approximately 30% of cases.
Julia Sołek +5 more
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Misdiagnosis of epithelioid trophoblastic tumors: a case report and literature review
Clinical and Experimental Obstetrics & Gynecology, 2022 Background: The most common clinical types of gestational trophoblastic neoplasia are invasive hydatidiform mole and choriocarcinoma, which can be diagnosed without pathology, and be cured by chemotherapy.
Tao Zhou +7 more
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BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2021 Background This study aimed at determining the predictive value of human chorionic gonadotropin and progesterone levels on pregnancy outcomes in patients receiving in vitro fertilization due to fallopian tube associated infertility.
Wenjia Bo +4 more
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Journal of Medicine in Scientific Research, 2020 Human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) is a human pregnancy hormone that plays a crucial role in the promotion, maintenance, and establishment of pregnancy. Measurement of hCG in early pregnancy is the first and most common test.
Falah H.O Al-Khikani, Bashar J Kadem
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Cesarean scar pregnancy treatment: a case series
Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2021 Background Cesarean scar pregnancy is a complicated and potentially life-threatening type of ectopic pregnancy. This study reports two women with cesarean scar pregnancy who were successfully treated with systemic methotrexate administration, and two ...
Zahra Heidar +5 more
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Frontiers in Immunology, 2019 Human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) serves as one of the first signals provided by the embryo to the mother. Exactly at the time when the first step of the implantation process is initiated and the blastocyst adheres to the maternal endometrium, the ...
A. Schumacher, A. Zenclussen
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Human Luteinizing Hormone and Chorionic Gonadotropin Display Biased Agonism at the LH and LH/CG Receptors [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2017 Human luteinizing hormone (LH) and chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) have been considered biologically equivalent because of their structural similarities and their binding to the same receptor; the LH/CGR.
Laura Riccetti +8 more
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