A rational diagnostic approach to the "phantom hCG" and other clinical scenarios in which a patient is thought to be pregnant but is not

• Main Authors: Oluwafunmilayo Oyatogun (Author), Mandeep Sandhu (Author), Stephanie Barata-Kirby (Author), Erin Tuller (Author), Danny J. Schust (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: SAGE Publishing, 2021-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The scenario in which a patient tests positive for human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) in the absence of pregnancy can pose a diagnostic dilemma for clinicians. The term "phantom hCG" refers to persistently positive hCG levels on diagnostic testing in a nonpregnant patient and such results...