LEVELS OF HUMAN CHORIONIC-GONADOTROPIN IN UNRUPTURED AND RUPTURED ECTOPIC PREGNANCY

  • 1 January 1982
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 60  (1) , 13-14
Abstract
Eighty-eight patients presenting with signs and symptoms that suggested ectopic pregnancy, all of whom had a positive radioreceptor assay (Biocept-G), were studied; 61 patients (69%) had intrauterine pregnancy. Twelve (14%) had unruptured tubal ectopic pregnancy with a mean (.+-. SEM [standard error of the mean]]) human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) level of 1190 .+-. 320 mIU/ml, while 15 (17%) with ruptured ectopic pregnancies had a mean hCG level of 4160 .+-. 400 mIU/ml. Among these 2 types of ectopic pregnancy, the mean hCG levels were statistically different (t [time] = 5.0, P 0.001). Possible reasons for these differences are suggested, and the clinical implications of this finding are discussed.

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