Increased human Chorionic Gonadotropin levels five years before diagnosis of an ovarian dysgerminoma

Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol. 2018 Jan:220:138-139. doi: 10.1016/j.ejogrb.2017.11.008. Epub 2017 Nov 10.

Authors

Gennaro Cormio¹, Michael J Seckl², Vera Loizzi³, Leonardo Resta⁴, Ettore Cicinelli¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Biomedical Science and Human Oncology, Obstetrics and Gynecology Unit, University of Bari, Italy.
² Department of Medical Oncology, Charing Cross Hospital, London, UK.
³ Department of Biomedical Science and Human Oncology, Obstetrics and Gynecology Unit, University of Bari, Italy. Electronic address: vloizzi@tiscali.it.
⁴ Department of Pathology, University of Bari, Italy.

PMID: 29150337
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejogrb.2017.11.008

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Adult
Chorionic Gonadotropin / blood*
Dysgerminoma / blood*
Dysgerminoma / diagnosis
Female
Humans
Ovarian Neoplasms / blood*
Ovarian Neoplasms / diagnosis

Substances

Chorionic Gonadotropin