Neuroendocrine Tumor, diagnostic difficulties
Ectopic adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) secretion is a rare disease.A 51 years old woman, with a Cushing syndrome secondary to ectopic ACTH secretion, diagnosed in 2009, with mediastinal lymphadenopathy, whose biopsy was compatible with lung small cell carcinoma, staged as IIIB using TNM classification.No other lesions were found in patient stud