title: Declining beta-human chorionic gonadotropin level may provide false security that tubal pregnancy will not rupture.
abstract: Two patients with declining serum concentrations of beta-human chorionic gonadotropin (beta-hCG) and a ruptured tubal pregnancy with hemoperitoneum are described. Declining beta-hCG does not rule out the possibility that the ectopic pregnancy will rupture.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kaplan Hospital, Rehovot, Israel.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lurie
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Katz
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Weissman
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zalel
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Caspi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006063:Chorionic Gonadotropin / Q000097:blood*; D018997:Chorionic Gonadotropin, beta Subunit, Human; D005187:Fallopian Tubes / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000097:blood*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011274:Pregnancy, Tubal / Q000097:blood* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous / Q000097:blood / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D014463:Ultrasonography
chemical_list: D006063:Chorionic Gonadotropin; D018997:Chorionic Gonadotropin, beta Subunit, Human; D010446:Peptide Fragments