An infrequent variant of Stauffer's syndrome
Journal | Volume 75 - 2012 |
Issue | Fasc.3 - Letters |
Author(s) | I. Woldie, P. Manickam, M. Choi, D. Shi, F. Burks, U. Vaishampayan |
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(1) Barbara Ann Cancer Institute, Wayne State University, Detroit Medical Center (DMC), Detroit MI ; (2) Wayne State University, DMC ; (3) Department of Pathology DMC, Detroit MI ; (4) Department of Urology, DMC. |
Cholestasis could be a paraneoplastic manifestation of underlying malignancies. Stauffer's syndrome is a rare paraneoplastic manifestation of renal cell carcinoma characterized by abnormal liver enzymes and usually without hepatic metastasis and jaundice. Little is known about the cholestatic variant of Stauffer's syndrome. Stauffer's syndrome variant is reported as one of the unusual presentations. |
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