Stauffer syndrome, clinical implications and knowledge gaps, does size matter? Case report.
Julian ChavarriagaNayib FakihJuan CatañoCatalina VillaquiranSantiago RodriguezGerman PatinoPublished in: BMC urology (2020)
This syndrome is yet to be fully understood, and as far as the evidence shows, size does not matter. This entity should always be in mind when encountered with a patient with liver dysfunction and jaundice with a suspicion or confirmed diagnosis of a renal mass. To date, and to our knowledge, there have been eleven reported cases of paraneoplastic cholestatic jaundice syndrome including the current case. Six cases presented in patients with small renal mases (< 4 cm), curiously there were not a laterality tendency.