Gonadotropin-secreting bronchogenic carcinoma in a woman.
We report the case of a woman with a squamous carcinoma of the bronchus which secreted human chorionic gonadotrophin. Earlier reports have all involved males. Some evidence that estimation of serum HCG levels might prove a useful marker of early malignancy is presented.
D000368:Aged; D002283:Carcinoma, Bronchogenic / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D006063:Chorionic Gonadotropin / Q000378:metabolism*; D005260:Female; D006729:Hormones, Ectopic / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology
D006063:Chorionic Gonadotropin; D006729:Hormones, Ectopic