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Antibody to human chorionic gonadotropin detected choriocarcinoma
1Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Karolinska Sjukhuset, Stockholm, Sweden.
Acta Obstetricia Et Gynecologica Scandinavica
|January 1, 1989
Abstract:
Persistently elevated levels of serum human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) in women call for a tumor investigation, if pregnancy can be ruled out. We present a case of increased hCG concentrations for 1 1/2 years. Radiolabelled antibody directed against the hCG molecule indicated the source of production to be a choriocarcinoma. The patient was cured by multiagent chemotherapy.