I heard a definition once: Happiness is health and a short memory! I wish I’d invented it, because it is very true.-

-Audrey Hepburn

PNA Spotlight: Dr. Christie Turin More

This month the PNA spotlight shines on Dr. Christie Turin More.   Dr.  More graduated from the Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia Facultad De Medicina Alberto Hurtado in 2013. She works in Aurora, CO and 4 other locations and specializes in Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism and Internal Medicine.  Dr More Interned  and complete her Residency at Baylor College of Medicine.  She received a Fellowship at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. More answered some questions from the PNA. Here are her answers.

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Dr. Christie Turin More

PNA Medical Corner: Pituitary Surgical Technique

 

This month the PNA Medical Corner showcases a study co-authored by three members of the PNA: Drs. Susan Samson, Kaisorn Chaichana and Alfredo Quinones-Hinojosa of the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida. The study found that endoscopic endonasal resection of the medial wall fo the cavernous sinus is associated with better hormonal control later on, but requires advanced surgical skill.  Link: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36291288/

Endoscopic Endonasal Resection of the Medial Wall of the Cavernous Sinus and Its Impact on Outcomes of Pituitary Surgery: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

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Dr. Susan Samson

Dr. Kaisorn Chaichana

Dr. Alfredo Quinones-Hinojosa

Featured News and Updates

News Articles December 2022

Pituitary Q & A

The Mayo Clinic has produced a podcast with frequently asked questions on pituitary tumors. Check it out here

Optometrist Spots Signs of Pituitary Tumor; Patient Gets Emergency Surgery

Nonmedical professionals like jewelers, shoe salespersons and optometrists can make a big impact in a patient’s life – by spotting signs of pituitary disease. An article in Insight News tells the story of an extra vigilant optometrist who spotted a red flag, and may have saved a woman’s life. Read more:

Case Study: Keto Diet Alleviates Symptoms of Cushing’s But Delays Diagnosis

An article in Cushing’s Disease News looks at a case study about a man who lost weight on a low carb ketogenic diet, which lessened his symptoms of what turned out to be Cushing’s Disease, but in doing so may have delayed his diagnosis. Read more:

TV Actor Recounts Battle With Pituitary Dwarfism

Actor Max Casella, who has co-starred in shows like “Doogie Howser, MD”,“The Sopranos”, “Boardwalk Empire” and “Tulsa King” talks about growing up with pituitary dwarfism in an article on PageSix.com. He underwent hormone therapy in his twenties to finally jumpstart puberty. Read more:

Can ‘Mini Pituitary Tumors’ Help Improve Treatments?

The website chof360.com looks at A study in the journal Cells looks at efforts by researchers to develop organoids, or organelles – basically cell structures grown in a lab using cells from pituitary surgeries. The study says these mini pituitary tumors mimic the structure of an adenoma, and thus may be useful in developing targeted therapies for Cushing’s patients. Read more: 

Research Articles

November 2025 Research Articles

 Pituitary tumors


Interrogation of the cellular hierarchies reveals neoplastic evolution and therapeutic vulnerability in craniopharyngioma.

Zhang B, Zhang J, Li Z, Sheng H, Li H, Lu Y, Liu X, Xu Z, Huang Y, Zhu C, Wen Y, He X, Zhang L.Neuro Oncol. 2025 Oct 24:noaf249. doi: 10.1093/neuonc/noaf249. Online ahead of print.

 

Unusual Dual Brain Tumor Morphologies in an MEN1 Patient: A Case Report of Diagnostic Challenges and Methylation Insights.

Patel V, Aboud O, Barakat A.Int J Mol Sci. 2025 Oct 16;26(20):10065. doi: 10.3390/ijms262010065.

 

Pituitary surgery
Global Growth and Distribution of CyberKnife Stereotactic Radiosurgery: A Bibliometric Analysis.

Annagiri S, Hori YS, Persad ARL, Ustrzynski L, Emrich SC, Tayag A, Park DJ, Adler JR, Chang SD.Neurosurg Pract. 2025 Jul 10;6(3):e000150. doi: 10.1227/neuprac.0000000000000150. eCollection 2025 Sep.

 

Imaging

Combined Use of Diffusion- and Perfusion-Weighted Magnetic Resonance Imaging in the Differential Diagnosis of Sellar Tumors: A Single-Centre Experience.

Korbecki A, Łukasiewicz M, Kacała A, Sobański M, Zdanowicz-Ratajczyk A, Szałata K, Dorochowicz M, Korbecka J, Trybek G, Zimny A, Bladowska J.J Clin Med. 2025 Oct 11;14(20):7168. doi: 10.3390/jcm14207168.


A swarm intelligence-driven hybrid framework for brain tumor classification with enhanced deep features.

Yonar A.Sci Rep. 2025 Oct 28;15(1):37543. doi: 10.1038/s41598-025-23820-3.

 

Acromegaly

Paltusotine: The first selective nonpeptide agonist of somatostatin receptor 2 (SSTR2) for the treatment of acromegaly.

Sun Y, Lu D, Gao J.Drug Discov Ther. 2025 Oct 29. doi: 10.5582/ddt.2025.01109. Online ahead of print.

 

Hematological Malignancy in a Hypophysectomised Acromegalic Patient Under 4-Year Therapy with Somatostatin Analogues: From a Rib Lump Underlying Bone Plasmatocytoma Features to Multiple Myeloma.

Stanciu M, Cătană A, Ristea RP, Tanasescu D, Carsote M, Popa FL, Lebădă IC.Diagnostics (Basel). 2025 Oct 17;15(20):2623. doi: 10.3390/diagnostics15202623.

 

Cushing’s

Three Cases of Ectopic, Cyclic Cushing Syndrome: A New Square Wave Variant.

Martinez-Gil M, Tshimbombu TN, Li Yi Ang Y, Rodriguez MC, Yuen KCJ.JCEM Case Rep. 2025 Oct 28;3(12):luaf176. doi: 10.1210/jcemcr/luaf176. eCollection 2025 Dec.

 

Selective Hippocampal Subfield Atrophy Mediates Cognitive Decline in Cushing’s Disease.

Feng Z, Zhou T, Yan X, He K, Liu H, Yu X, Lu R, Ma Z, Yu X, Zhang Y.Brain Behav. 2025 Nov;15(11):e71030. doi: 10.1002/brb3.71030.

 

Hormonal health

 

Awareness of post-transplant endocrine disorders among kidney transplant clinicians: results of an Italian survey.

Pellegrini B, Cantaluppi V, Aimaretti G, Ferraresso M, Romagnoli J, Silvestre C, Comai G, Maggiore U, Leone F, Greco R, Maggiolini M, Provenzano M, Zaza G; Joint Committee of the Italian Society of Organ Transplantation and the Italian Society of Nephrology.J Endocrinol Invest. 2025 Oct 29. doi: 10.1007/s40618-025-02741-y. Online ahead of print.

 

 

 

 

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