Stauffer’s Syndrome in Patient with Metastatic Prostate Cancer

Abstract EN

Cholestasis is a symptom that can be present in many conditions, such as bile duct obstruction by malignant mases, obstruction by gallstone, acute and chronic viral hepatitis, and autoimmune disorders, such as primary biliary and sclerosing cholangitis.

Stauffer syndrome is a rare type of paraneoplastic syndrome that presents as cholestasis with absence of underlying disease.

Classically Stauffer syndrome has been described in renal cell cancer patients.

In literature cholestasis as manifestation of paraneoplastic syndrome has also been described in patients with prostate adenocarcinoma and pancreatic and bronchogenic carcinoma.

Conclusions.

Stauffer syndrome should be kept in mind in patients who present with cholestasis with no underlying cause.

We advise to exclude any possible causes of cholestasis, for example, obstruction of bile duct.