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[Pregnancy tests: urine versus blood pregnancy tests].

Abstract
In this article, we discuss possible explanations for the discrepancy in results between urine and blood pregnancy tests. The first patient, a 26-year-old woman, had breast tenderness, was tired and suffered from abdominal pain. A urine pregnancy test was negative, but blood human chorion gonadotropin (hCG) concentration was 455 U/l (reference value < 6 U/l). It was concluded that the patient was pregnant and she was followed in the outpatient clinic. Three days later she suffered blood loss and her hCG levels returned to normal. The diagnosis was a spontaneous abortion. The second patient, a 45-year-old woman, complained of abdominal pain, nausea and more blood loss than with a normal period. The urine pregnancy test was negative, but the hCG level in her blood was 470.000 U/l. Echography showed a thickened, irregular endometrium. A molar pregnancy was suspected and curettage was performed. The hCG level dropped initially but had increased at follow-up. Persistent trophoblastic disease was suspected and the patient underwent additional treatment.
AuthorsWilleke Franken, Leonie van Rheenen-Flach, Madelon M Buijs
JournalNederlands tijdschrift voor geneeskunde (Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd) Vol. 157 Pg. A6336 ( 2014) ISSN: 1876-8784 [Electronic] Netherlands
Vernacular TitleZwangerschapstesten: urinetest versus bepaling in bloed.
PMID24594124 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)
Chemical References
  • Chorionic Gonadotropin
Topics
  • Abdominal Pain (diagnosis, etiology)
  • Adult
  • Chorionic Gonadotropin (blood)
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Hydatidiform Mole (blood, diagnosis, urine)
  • Middle Aged
  • Nausea (diagnosis, etiology)
  • Pregnancy (blood, urine)
  • Pregnancy Tests (methods, standards)
  • Uterine Hemorrhage (diagnosis, etiology)

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