Declining beta-human chorionic gonadotropin level may provide false security that tubal pregnancy will not rupture.
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.
Lurie
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Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kaplan Hospital, Rehovot, Israel.
Katz
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Z
Weissman
A
A
Zalel
Y
Y
Caspi
B
B
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
D006063:Chorionic Gonadotropin; D018997:Chorionic Gonadotropin, beta Subunit, Human; D010446:Peptide Fragments