Gastric Cancer in the Setting of Persistently Elevated Human Chorionic Gonadotropin: A Case Report
A 35-year-old woman presented to the emergency room for the evaluation of failed surgical and medical management of a suspected ectopic pregnancy. When imaging studies were performed, she had lymphadenopathy and diffuse sclerosis of the osseous framework. Multiple biopsies were performed and reveale...
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| description | A 35-year-old woman presented to the emergency room for the evaluation of failed surgical and medical management of a suspected ectopic pregnancy. When imaging studies were performed, she had lymphadenopathy and diffuse sclerosis of the osseous framework. Multiple biopsies were performed and revealed poorly differentiated metastatic carcinoma with signet ring features. Esophagogastroduodenoscopy confirmed the findings of a Stage IV gastric adenocarcinoma. Signs and symptoms of gastric carcinoma are vague. However, to our knowledge, an elevation in human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) is not an associated finding. Persistence of hCG has many causes from abnormal pregnancy to menopause and other forms of cancer. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-d30f134ccb974a93b5cb315b3926861a2025-02-03T01:21:19ZengWileyCase Reports in Obstetrics and Gynecology2090-66842090-66922011-01-01201110.1155/2011/350318350318Gastric Cancer in the Setting of Persistently Elevated Human Chorionic Gonadotropin: A Case ReportLaToya R. Walker0Brian Erler1Department of Obstetrics/Gynecology, Jersey Shore University Medical Center, 1945 Route 33, Neptune, NJ 07753, USADepartment of Pathology, Jersey Shore University Medical Center, 1945 Route 33, Neptune, NJ 07753, USAA 35-year-old woman presented to the emergency room for the evaluation of failed surgical and medical management of a suspected ectopic pregnancy. When imaging studies were performed, she had lymphadenopathy and diffuse sclerosis of the osseous framework. Multiple biopsies were performed and revealed poorly differentiated metastatic carcinoma with signet ring features. Esophagogastroduodenoscopy confirmed the findings of a Stage IV gastric adenocarcinoma. Signs and symptoms of gastric carcinoma are vague. However, to our knowledge, an elevation in human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) is not an associated finding. Persistence of hCG has many causes from abnormal pregnancy to menopause and other forms of cancer.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/350318 |
| spellingShingle | LaToya R. Walker Brian Erler Gastric Cancer in the Setting of Persistently Elevated Human Chorionic Gonadotropin: A Case Report Case Reports in Obstetrics and Gynecology |
| title | Gastric Cancer in the Setting of Persistently Elevated Human Chorionic Gonadotropin: A Case Report |
| title_full | Gastric Cancer in the Setting of Persistently Elevated Human Chorionic Gonadotropin: A Case Report |
| title_fullStr | Gastric Cancer in the Setting of Persistently Elevated Human Chorionic Gonadotropin: A Case Report |
| title_full_unstemmed | Gastric Cancer in the Setting of Persistently Elevated Human Chorionic Gonadotropin: A Case Report |
| title_short | Gastric Cancer in the Setting of Persistently Elevated Human Chorionic Gonadotropin: A Case Report |
| title_sort | gastric cancer in the setting of persistently elevated human chorionic gonadotropin a case report |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/350318 |
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