A Ruptured Ectopic Pregnancy Presenting with a Negative Urine Pregnancy Test

A negative urine pregnancy test in the emergency department traditionally excludes the diagnosis of pregnancy. We report a rare case of ruptured ectopic pregnancy in a patient with a negative urine pregnancy test but with a serum beta-human chorionic gonadotropin (β-hCG) of 10 mIU/mL. The patient de...

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Autores principales: Sheele, Johnathan Michael, Bernstein, Rachel, Counselman, Francis L.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2016
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5030406/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27668101
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/7154713
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description A negative urine pregnancy test in the emergency department traditionally excludes the diagnosis of pregnancy. We report a rare case of ruptured ectopic pregnancy in a patient with a negative urine pregnancy test but with a serum beta-human chorionic gonadotropin (β-hCG) of 10 mIU/mL. The patient developed hemoperitoneum and required laparoscopy by Obstetrics and Gynecology (OB/Gyn). This case highlights the fallibility of the urine pregnancy test in diagnosing early pregnancy.
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spelling pubmed-50304062016-09-25 A Ruptured Ectopic Pregnancy Presenting with a Negative Urine Pregnancy Test Sheele, Johnathan Michael Bernstein, Rachel Counselman, Francis L. Case Rep Emerg Med Case Report A negative urine pregnancy test in the emergency department traditionally excludes the diagnosis of pregnancy. We report a rare case of ruptured ectopic pregnancy in a patient with a negative urine pregnancy test but with a serum beta-human chorionic gonadotropin (β-hCG) of 10 mIU/mL. The patient developed hemoperitoneum and required laparoscopy by Obstetrics and Gynecology (OB/Gyn). This case highlights the fallibility of the urine pregnancy test in diagnosing early pregnancy. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2016 2016-09-07 /pmc/articles/PMC5030406/ /pubmed/27668101 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/7154713 Text en Copyright © 2016 Johnathan Michael Sheele et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5030406/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27668101
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/7154713
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