High level of beta-hCG simulating pregnancy in recurrent osteosarcoma: Case report and review of literature

Journal of Cancer Research and Clinical Oncology

Volumn 130, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 357-361

  Leidinger, B ^a   Bielack, S ^a   Koehler, G ^b   Vieth, V ^a   Winkelmann, W ^a   Gosheger, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Beta hCG; Human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG); Osteosarcoma; Paraneoplastic syndrome

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY; ADULT; AMENORRHEA; ANAMNESIS; BLOOD LEVEL; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOASSAY; LABORATORY TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOSARCOMA; PAIN; PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROME; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ULTRASOUND;

ADOLESCENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; BONE NEOPLASMS; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN, BETA SUBUNIT, HUMAN; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HUMERUS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; OSTEOSARCOMA; PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROMES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TESTS; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 3042728741     PISSN: 01715216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00432-004-0541-3     Document Type: Review

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