Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma Presenting as Prolonged Pyrexia and Stauffer's Syndrome: Can a Routine Ultrasound Scan Fail to Detect a Renal Cell Carcinoma?
Chathuranga Lakmal FonsekaA G T A KariyawasamS D A L SinghapuraS A G L SinghapuraC M de SilvaT E KanakkahewaI G T M SenarathnaC K BodinayakePublished in: Case reports in radiology (2018)
Prolonged pyrexia with loss of weight and Stauffer's syndrome could be features to suggest renal cell carcinoma in the absence of positive microbiological studies. Isoechoic RCC could be missed in routine ultrasonography. When a RCC is suspected in the setting of a pyrexia of unknown origin, ultrasound with doppler or a contrast CT should be requested to aid diagnosis.