Located in Beautiful Morganton, North Carolina. Burke County has a total area of 515 square miles, of which, 507 square miles of it is land and 8 square miles of it is water. There is 154 miles of shore line on Lake James (which borders McDowell County) and 90 miles of shore line on Lake Rhodhiss (which borders Catawba County).
PET/CT scan for adrenal cancer. Doctors use PET/CT to determine if an adrenal tumor is likely to be benign or cancerous. They can also determine if cancer has spread to other areas. The GE Discoveryâ¢ PET/CT 600 scanner is a state-of-the-art, four-dimensional CT scanner that produces detailed cross-sectional X-ray images of structures within the body.
A tuberculin skin test also may be used. If secondary adrenal insufficiency is the cause, doctors may use different imaging tools to reveal the size and shape of the pituitary gland. The most common is the CT scan, which produces a series of x-ray pictures giving a cross-sectional image of a body part.