Objective: To present a case of abnormally trending hCG levels due to ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome (OHSS) and to portray the obscurities of this commonly used method for tracking early pregnancies.
Design: Case report.
Setting: Outpatient ART facility.
Patient: A patient who received controlled ovarian hyperstimulation in an ART cycle.
Intervention: Supportive care.
Main Outcome Measure: hCG level.
Result: The hCG levels in this patient with OHSS trended in an abnormal fashion, suggesting a failing or ectopic pregnancy, but the patient had a normal intrauterine fetus.
Conclusion: hCG levels may be falsely low in pregnancies complicated by OHSS.
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| http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6357681 | PMC |
| http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.crwh.2019.e00096 | DOI Listing |
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