False positive pregnancy test in a patient presenting for colonoscopy
Journal Title: Scholars Journal of Medical Case Reports - Year 2017, Vol 5, Issue 1
Abstract
Gastrointestinal malignancies can rarely be associated with elevated βhCG which can result in positive pregnancy test. We present the case of a 37 year old female patient with intra-hepatic carcinoma and positive urine pregnancy test who required anesthesia for diagnostic colonoscopy. We proceeded with the anesthesia and the colonoscopy because the patient was a credible historian and the fact that her diagnosis could explain the positive pregnancy test. Keywords:Pre-anesthesia pregnancy testing, false-positive pregnancy tests, gastro-intestinal malignancies.
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Medhat Hannallah, Christopher Potestio, Aline Charabaty
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