Doctors suspect another pituitary tumor, so why isn’t surgery an...

Doctors suspect another pituitary tumor, so why isn’t surgery an...

In 2020, I had transsphenoidal surgery to remove a pituitary microadenoma that was the result of Cushing’s disease. In simpler terms, doctors removed a 4 mm tumor through my nose. Later, due to a recurrence of Cushing’s disease, I had another pituitary tumor. This time, though, I wasn’t a good candidate for surgery, but that might change later on. So what determines whether someone is a good candidate for this type of surgery, which is called a …