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===Complete blood count===
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* [[Complete blood count]] can check for [[anemia ]] from long-term (chronic) [[vaginal bleeding]].
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Elevated serum human chorionic gonadotropin is diagnostic of choriocarcinoma.[1][2]

Laboratory Findings

Quantitative serum HCG

  • Human chorionic gonadotropin (HCG or b-HCG) is the most common tumor marker test used to diagnose GTD[1]
  • HCG is markedly elevated (usu. >10,000 IU)[2]
  • HCG is a very sensitive test for diagnosing most gestational trophoblastic tumors
  • HCG is usually measured in the blood, but it can also be measured in the urine
  • HCG levels are much higher in women with complete hydatidiform moles and gestational choriocarcinoma compared to HCG levels in women with a normal pregnancy
  • With partial moles, the HCG level is higher than normal, but it is not as high as with other types of GTD
  • With placental site tumors, the HCG level may be slightly higher than normal, but it is not considered a good marker for this type of tumor
  • An HCG test can help find GTD after pregnancy or miscarriage as this hormone should not be present in the blood or urine soon afterward

Human placental lactogen (hPL)

  • Human placental lactogen (hPL) is a tumor marker that may be used to follow women with placental site trophoblastic tumors
  • Elevated hPL levels are found in women with some types of GTD

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References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Diagnosing gestational trophoblastic disease. Canadian Cancer Society. http://www.cancer.ca/en/cancer-information/cancer-type/gestational-trophoblastic-disease/diagnosis/?region=ns Accessed on October 13, 2015
  2. 2.0 2.1 Choriocarcinoma. librepathology.org. http://librepathology.org/wiki/index.php/Choriocarcinoma Accessed on October 8, 2015

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