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CT scan

Introdution: CT scan

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CT scan: Broader Types

Other broader types of medical diagnostic tests related to CT scan include:

Medical Costs Report: CT scan

A review of the costs associated with this diagnostic procedure is available below for CT scan.

Medical Costs Report: CT scan

Descriptions of CT scan

CT scan: Computed tomography scan. A series of detailed pictures of areas inside the body taken from different angles; the pictures are created by a computer linked to an x-ray machine. Also called computerized tomography and computerized axial tomography (CAT) scan.
Source: National Institute of Health

Basic Information: CT scan

CT scan: Where x-rays are used to produce detailed pictures of body tissues.

Disease or Condition count: 64; see list of conditions below. These are the diseases or medical conditions in which the medical test 'CT scan' may be involved.

Diseases and Conditions that List CT scan as a Diagnostic Test

The following list of conditions have 'CT scan' or similar listed as a medical diagnostic test in our database:

A

  • Acoustic neuroma ... head CT scan
  • Acquired Cystic Kidney Disease ... kidney CT scan
  • Acromegaly ... CT scan
  • Acute Interstitial Pneumonia ... CT scan
  • Acute Pancreatitis ... CAT scan
  • Addison's Disease ... CT scan pituitary glands
  • Adenopathy ... CAT scans
  • Alveolar Hydatid Disease ... CAT scan
  • Alzheimer's Disease ... Brain CT scan
  • Aneurysm ... CAT scans
  • Atherosclerosis ... computed tomography (CT)
  • Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease ... kidney CT scan
  • Autosomal Recessive Polycystic Kidney Disease ... kidney CT scan
  • Avascular necrosis ... CT scan

    B

  • Bell's Palsy ... head CT scan
  • Bladder Cancer ... CT scan
  • Brain cancer ... CT scan

    C

  • Cancer ... CT
  • Cerebral Arteriosclerosis ... CT scan
  • Cerebral Atrophy ... CT scan
  • Chronic Pancreatitis ... CAT scans
  • Cirrhosis of the liver ... CAT scan
  • Concussion ... brain CT scan
  • Cushing's syndrome ... CT scan

    E

  • Endometrial Cancer ... CT scans
  • Esophagus Cancer ... CT scan
  • Ewing's sarcoma ... CAT scan
  • Extradural hematoma ... CAT scan

    G

  • Growth plate injuries ... CT

    H

  • Headache ... Head CT scan
  • Hepatoma ... CT scan
  • Herniated disc ... CAT scan
  • Hodgkin's Disease ... CT scan
  • Hydrocephalus ... computer tomography (CT)
  • Hyperthyroidism ... CAT scan

    I

  • Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis ... chest CT scan

    K

  • Kidney Cancer ... CT scan

    L

  • Larynx Cancer ... CT
  • Liver cancer ... CT scan
  • Lung cancer ... CT scan
  • Lung conditions ... chest CT scan
  • Lymphangioleiomyomatosis ... Chest CT scan
  • Lymphoid interstitial pneumonia ... CT Scan

    M

  • Monomelic Amyotrophy ... CT scans

    N

  • Neuroblastoma ... CAT scans
  • Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma ... CT scan
  • Nonspecific Interstitial Pneumonia ... CT scan
  • Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus ... CT scan

    O

  • Oral cancer ... CT scan
  • Ovarian Cancer ... CT scan

    P

  • Pancreatic cancer ... CAT scan
  • Pancreatitis ... CAT scans
  • Pheochromocytoma ... CAT scan

    R

  • Restrictive cardiomyopathy ... chest CT

    S

  • Sinusitis ... CT scan
  • Spinal AVM ... CT scan
  • Spinal stenosis ... CAT
  • Stomach cancer ... abdominal CT
  • Stroke ... brain CT scan
  • Subdural hematoma ... CAT scan

    T

  • Thyroid cancer ... neck CT
  • Trigeminal neuralgia ... CAT scan

    U

  • Uterine Cancer ... CT scans

    W

  • Wegener's granulomatosis ... sinus CT scans

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