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This work is aimed to highlight the importance of considering possible analytical interferences when the biochemical data doesn\u2019t match with the clinical picture.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>\n          <jats:sec>\n            <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n            <jats:p>We report three cases of insidious diagnosis due to laboratory interference in testosterone immunoassay, and we provide a brief literature review on this issue.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>\n          <jats:sec>\n            <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n            <jats:p>We found falsely high testosterone levels due to the presence of heterophilic antibodies, leading to unnecessary investigations, misdiagnosis and inappropriate treatments.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>\n          <jats:sec>\n            <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n            <jats:p>The detection of elevated testosterone levels on immunoassay not corresponding to clinical findings need to be confirmed by liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectroscopy, prior to escalation of complex diagnostic investigation and care.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1007\/s12020-025-04191-1","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,2,14]],"date-time":"2025-02-14T00:54:16Z","timestamp":1739494456000},"page":"706-710","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/springer_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":3,"title":["Intricate diagnosis due to falsely elevated testosterone levels by immunoassay"],"prefix":"10.1007","volume":"88","author":[{"given":"Benedetta","family":"Gardini","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Marta","family":"Bondanelli","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Alessio","family":"Cariani","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Maria Chiara","family":"Zatelli","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Maria Rosaria","family":"Ambrosio","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"297","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025,2,13]]},"reference":[{"issue":"1","key":"4191_CR1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"41","DOI":"10.1515\/labmed-2018-0327","volume":"43","author":"W Zhang","year":"2019","unstructured":"W. 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