A case report of an abnormal trend in hCG levels in a pregnancy complicated by ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome

OBJECTIVE: To present a case of abnormally trending hCG levels due to ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome (OHSS) and to portray the obscurities of this commonly used method for tracking early pregnancies. DESIGN: Case report. SETTING: Outpatient ART facility. PATIENT: A patient who received controlled...

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Autores principales: Benor, Ariel, Grazi, Richard, Kulak, David
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6357681/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30733923
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.crwh.2019.e00096
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description OBJECTIVE: To present a case of abnormally trending hCG levels due to ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome (OHSS) and to portray the obscurities of this commonly used method for tracking early pregnancies. DESIGN: Case report. SETTING: Outpatient ART facility. PATIENT: A patient who received controlled ovarian hyperstimulation in an ART cycle. INTERVENTION: Supportive care. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE: hCG level. RESULT: The hCG levels in this patient with OHSS trended in an abnormal fashion, suggesting a failing or ectopic pregnancy, but the patient had a normal intrauterine fetus. CONCLUSION: hCG levels may be falsely low in pregnancies complicated by OHSS.
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spelling pubmed-63576812019-02-07 A case report of an abnormal trend in hCG levels in a pregnancy complicated by ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome Benor, Ariel Grazi, Richard Kulak, David Case Rep Womens Health Article OBJECTIVE: To present a case of abnormally trending hCG levels due to ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome (OHSS) and to portray the obscurities of this commonly used method for tracking early pregnancies. DESIGN: Case report. SETTING: Outpatient ART facility. PATIENT: A patient who received controlled ovarian hyperstimulation in an ART cycle. INTERVENTION: Supportive care. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE: hCG level. RESULT: The hCG levels in this patient with OHSS trended in an abnormal fashion, suggesting a failing or ectopic pregnancy, but the patient had a normal intrauterine fetus. CONCLUSION: hCG levels may be falsely low in pregnancies complicated by OHSS. Elsevier 2019-01-23 /pmc/articles/PMC6357681/ /pubmed/30733923 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.crwh.2019.e00096 Text en © 2019 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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title_short A case report of an abnormal trend in hCG levels in a pregnancy complicated by ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome
title_sort case report of an abnormal trend in hcg levels in a pregnancy complicated by ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6357681/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.crwh.2019.e00096
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