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:

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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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