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Is there any reason why a pregnancy test would show positive when youre not pregnant?
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Tumors: Some tumors of reproductive organs, in both men and women, produce HCG that will give a positive pregnancy test, without being pregnant. Occasionally in a peri-menopausal women, the result may be falsly positive due to pitutiary hcg.
Answered 6/10/2014
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