This paper provides an overview on the common PNES, their prevalence, diagnosis, prognosis and response to treatment. (Table 1)
Methodology of literature searchEligible studies were identified by a search, from year 1920 up till February 2014, in Medline, PUBMED and EMBASE using a refined search strategy with several terms used including "endocrine paraneoplastic syndromes", "ectopic hormones", "humoral hypercalcemia of malignancy", "ectopic parathyroid hormone related peptide", "ectopic ACTH", "ectopic Cushing syndrome", "ectopic