Article Type
Case Report
Abstract
Human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) is a human pregnancy hormone that plays a crucial role in the promotion, maintenance, and establishment of pregnancy. Measurement of hCG in early pregnancy is the first and most common test. Blood is considered to have more concentration of hCG than urine, so early detection of pregnancy test is more advised in serum than urine, but this study showed two Iraqi pregnant women with false-negative hCG result in the blood, whereas it was positive in urine, with persisting pregnancy symptoms. This study is considered the first report regarding this finding. In spite of hCG in serum being regarded the most standard test for pregnancy, the results of this study call for attention to the importance of early diagnosis of pregnancy through test in urine, and it must be made compulsory to avoid risks toward pregnant women and fetus with false-negative hCG result in serum.
Keywords
false-negative human chorionic gonadotropin, human chorionic gonadotropin, qualitative immunoassay, rapid human chorionic gonadotropin immunoassay
Recommended Citation
Kadem, Bashar J. and Al-Khikani, Falah H.O
(2020)
"Unusual false-negative serum human chorionic gonadotropin detected by qualitative immunoassay: a case report of two Iraqi women,"
Journal of Medicine in Scientific Research: Vol. 3:
Iss.
3, Article 14.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4103/JMISR.JMISR_30_20
