[Stauffer's syndrome caused by a benign intracystic renal hematoma]

We report a case of Stauffer's syndrome, characterized mainly by cholectasis, that occurred in a patient with benign intracystic renal haematoma and subsided after nephrectomy. Stauffer's syndrome was recognized, in 1961, as a paraneoplastic manifestation, usually associated with hypernephroma. This syndrome has been reported in only 2 cases of benign renal disease, which was a pseudotumoral xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis.