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(Chest. 1995;107:567-569.)
© 1995 American College of Chest Physicians

Bronchogenic Carcinoma Presenting as a Pseudopregnancy

Deborah Manzi MD1; Bernard Greenberg MD1; Donald Maier MD1; Faripour Forouhar MD1; and Carl D. Malchoff MD, PhD1

1 From the Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Internal Medicine, Pathology, and Surgery, Surgical Research Center of the University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington

A young woman with an occult bronchogenic carcinoma presented with secondary amenorrhea and an elevated beta subunit of human chorionic gonadotropin that was mistakenly attributed to pregnancy. Physicians should be aware that this carcinoma may present solely with an elevated beta human chorionic gonadotropin value, and the potential exists for confusion with a pregnancy state in women of childbearing age.

Key Words: beta human chorionic gonadotropin • bronchogenic carcinoma • pseudopregnancy




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