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Sunday, October, 25, 2009

Metabolic Diseases

Health Encyclopedia: Lumbosacral Spine Ct

Alternative Names

Spinal CT; CT - lumbosacral spine


Normal Values


What abnormal results mean

Conditions that may be revealed include:

  • Cyst
  • Tumor
  • Pinched nerve
  • Disk herniation
  • Vertebral fracture
  • Osteoarthritis
  • Neoplastic disease (new abnormal tissue formation)
  • Infection
  • Metabolic disease

Additional conditions under which the test may be performed include osteomalacia.


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Arrhythmia Patient Guide
...middle-aged adults. People with a history of heart disease, blood chemistry imbalances, and some metabolic diseases are at a greater risk for the development of arrhythmias and their... Read more »
Cloudy cornea
...the iris of the eye. Its two purposes are to transmit and focus the light entering the eye. Certain metabolic diseases, trauma, infectious diseases, nutritional deficiencies, and environmental... Read more »
Dry hair
...such as those due to malnutrition. (For example, kwashiorkor) Dry, brittle hair may be a symptom of metabolic diseases such as hypothyroidism and Menkes kinky hair syndrome. Common Causes ... Read more »
Irritability
...comforting and soothing. Irritability is seen at the beginning of many infectious diseases, some metabolic diseases, head trauma, malignancies, and other types of disease. It can be a very... Read more »
Hereditary fructose intolerance
Hereditary fructose intolerance is a metabolic disease caused by the absence of an enzyme, aldolase B. Alternative Names Fructosemia; Fructose intolerance;... Read more »

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