Rare Cholestatic Form of Stauffer Syndrome

Authors

  • Sharon XH Hu University of New South Wales (UNSW), Faculty of Medicine, St Vincent's Clinical School, Sydney NSW Australia
  • Adel Ekladious3,4 3University of Western Australia, Faculty of Health & Medical Sciences, Nedlands WA, Australia

Abstract

A 57-year-old man with inexplicable fevers and deranged liver function tests was found to have new
renal cell carcinoma on imaging without metastasis. Following surgical resection of the tumour, his
fevers immediately disappeared. Stauffer syndrome describes fever associated with renal cell carcinoma
and may have accompanying deranged liver biochemistry. Antibiotics should not be automatically
prescribed in clinically stable patients who have negative septic and hepatic screens. Instead, a wide
differential net should be cast, including for renal cell carcinoma as a potential diagnosis..

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Published

2021-09-30

Issue

Vol. 2 No. 1

Section

Articles