Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma Presenting as Prolonged Pyrexia and Stauffer’s Syndrome: Can a Routine Ultrasound Scan Fail to Detect a Renal Cell Carcinoma?

Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma Presenting as Prolonged Pyrexia and Stauffer’s Syndrome: Can a Routine Ultrasound Scan Fail to Detect a Renal Cell Carcinoma?

Background. Prolonged pyrexia and weight loss are recognised paraneoplastic manifestations of renal cell carcinoma (RCC). Stauffer’s syndrome is a rarely described paraneoplastic manifestation, which is described early in the course of RCC. We report a patient who presented with unresolving fever wi...

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Main Authors: C. L. Fonseka, A. G. T. A. Kariyawasam, S. A. G. L. Singhapura, C. M. de Silva, T. E. Kanakkahewa, I. G. T. M. Senarathna, C. K. Bodinayake
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2018-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Radiology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/4215041

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