• Login
    View Item 
    •   Home
    • Hospital Research
    • Leinster
    • St. Luke's Radiation Oncology Network, Dublin
    • View Item
    •   Home
    • Hospital Research
    • Leinster
    • St. Luke's Radiation Oncology Network, Dublin
    • View Item
    JavaScript is disabled for your browser. Some features of this site may not work without it.

    Map of Submissions

    Home Page
    UlsterN
    4708
    UlsterS
    4708
    Connacht
    1603
    Munster
    48
    Leinster
    426

    Browse

    All of Lenus, The Irish Health RepositoryCommunitiesTitleAuthorsDate publishedSubjectsThis CollectionTitleAuthorsDate publishedSubjects

    My Account

    LoginRegister

    About

    About LenusDirectory of Open Access JournalsOpen Access Publishing GuideNational Health Library & Knowledge ServiceGuide to Publishers' PoliciesFAQsTerms and ConditionsVision StatementRIAN Pathways to Irish ResearchHSE position statement on Open AccessNational Open Research Forum (NORF)Zenodo (European Open Research repository)

    Statistics

    Most Popular ItemsStatistics by CountryMost Popular Authors

    Abnormal hCG levels in a patient with treated stage I seminoma: a diagnostic dilemma.

    • CSV
    • RefMan
    • EndNote
    • BibTex
    • RefWorks
    Thumbnail
    Name:
    World Journal of Surgical ...
    Size:
    182.3Kb
    Format:
    PDF
    Download
    Authors
    Aherne, Noel J
    Small, Cormac A
    McVey, Gerard P
    Fitzpatrick, David G
    Armstrong, John G
    Affiliation
    Department of Radiation Oncology, St, Luke's Hospital, Dublin, Ireland. noelaherne@eircom.net
    Issue Date
    2008
    Keywords
    TESTICULAR CANCER
    CANCER
    MeSH
    Adult
    Chorionic Gonadotropin, beta Subunit, Human
    Diagnosis, Differential
    Humans
    Male
    Neoplasm Staging
    Seminoma
    Testicular Neoplasms
    
    Metadata
    Show full item record
    Citation
    Abnormal hCG levels in a patient with treated stage I seminoma: a diagnostic dilemma. 2008, 6:68 World J Surg Oncol
    Publisher
    BioMed Central
    Journal
    World journal of surgical oncology
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10147/107097
    DOI
    10.1186/1477-7819-6-68
    PubMed ID
    18578862
    Additional Links
    http://www.wjso.com/content/6/1/68
    Abstract
    BACKGROUND: We report the case of a patient with treated Stage Ia seminoma who was found to have an elevated beta human chorionic gonadotrophin (hCG) on routine follow - up. This instigated restaging and could have lead to commencement of chemotherapy. CASE PRESENTATION: The patient was a bodybuilder, and following a negative metastatic work - up, admitted to injecting exogenous beta hCG. This was done to reduce withdrawal symptoms from androgen abuse. The patient remains well eight years post diagnosis. CONCLUSION: This case highlights the need for surgical oncologists to conduct vigilant screening of young male patients with a history of testicular germ cell tumours and who may indulge in steroid abuse.
    Item Type
    Other
    Language
    en
    ISSN
    1477-7819
    ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
    10.1186/1477-7819-6-68
    Scopus Count
    Collections
    St. Luke's Radiation Oncology Network, Dublin

    entitlement

    Related articles

    • Histologically pure stage I seminoma with an elevated beta-hCG of 4497 IU/l.
    • Authors: Bjurlin MA, August CZ, Weldon-Linne M, Totonchi E
    • Issue date: 2007 Nov
    • No predictive value of beta-hCG in patients with stage I seminoma--results of a long-term follow-up study after adjuvant radiotherapy.
    • Authors: Bruns F, Raub M, Schaefer U, Micke O
    • Issue date: 2005 May-Jun
    • The search for biomarkers of metastatic seminoma.
    • Authors: Ruf CG, Khalili-Harbi N, Sachs S, Isbarn H, Wagner W, Matthies C, Meineke V, Fisch M, Chun FK, Abend M
    • Issue date: 2013 Sep
    • Late relapse of stage I testicular seminoma metastatic to just a para-ureteropelvic region.
    • Authors: Tadokoro M, Masuda H, Fujii Y, Kobayashi T, Kageyama Y, Kihara K
    • Issue date: 2004 Nov
    • False-positive human serum chorionic gonadotropin in a patient with a history of germ cell cancer.
    • Authors: Trojan A, Joller-Jemelka H, Stahel RA, Jacky E, Hersberger M
    • Issue date: 2004
    National Health Library & Knowledge Service | Health Service Executive | Dr Steevens' Hospital | Dublin 8 | Ireland
    lenus@hse.ie | Tel +353 (1) 6352558
    DSpace software copyright © 2002-2017  DuraSpace
    Contact Us | Disclaimer
    Open Repository is a service operated by 
    Atmire NV
     

    Export search results

    The export option will allow you to export the current search results of the entered query to a file. Different formats are available for download. To export the items, click on the button corresponding with the preferred download format.

    By default, clicking on the export buttons will result in a download of the allowed maximum amount of items.

    To select a subset of the search results, click "Selective Export" button and make a selection of the items you want to export. The amount of items that can be exported at once is similarly restricted as the full export.

    After making a selection, click one of the export format buttons. The amount of items that will be exported is indicated in the bubble next to export format.