DOI: 10.36347/sjmcr.2017.v05i01.003

Pages: 9-10

Gastrointestinal malignancies can rarely be associated with elevated βhCG which can result in positive pregnancy test. We present the case of a 37 year old female patient with intra-hepatic carcinoma and positive urine pregnancy test who required anesthesia for diagnostic colonoscopy. We proceeded with the anesthesia and the colonoscopy because the patient was a credible historian and the fact that her diagnosis could explain the positive pregnancy test.