BRONCHOGENIC-CARCINOMA PRESENTING AS A PSEUDOPREGNANCY

Authors
MANZI D GREENBERG B MAIER D FOROUHAR F MALCHOFF CD
Citation
D. Manzi et al., BRONCHOGENIC-CARCINOMA PRESENTING AS A PSEUDOPREGNANCY, Chest, 107(2), 1995, pp. 567-569
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Respiratory System
Journal title
Chest → ACNP
ISSN journal
00123692
Volume
107
Issue
2
Year of publication
1995
Pages
567 - 569
Database
ISI
SICI code
0012-3692(1995)107:2<567:BPAAP>2.0.ZU;2-7
Abstract
A young woman with an occult bronchogenic carcinoma presented with sec ondary amenorrhea and an elevated beta subunit of human chorionic gona dotropin that was mistakenly attributed to pregnancy. Physicians shoul d be aware that this carcinoma may present solely with an elevated bet a human chorionic gonadotropin value, and the potential exists for con fusion with a pregnancy state in women of childbearing age.