Metabolic Diseases
Health Encyclopedia: Lumbosacral Spine Ct
Spinal CT; CT - lumbosacral spine
Normal Values
What abnormal results mean
Conditions that may be revealed include:
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Cyst -
Tumor - Pinched nerve
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Disk herniation - Vertebral
fracture -
Osteoarthritis - Neoplastic disease (new abnormal tissue formation)
- Infection
- Metabolic disease
Additional conditions under which the test may be performed include
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Expert & Community Posts
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High Blood Pressure and the Metabolic Syndrome
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The Good Fat
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Your osteoarthritis diagnosed and managed
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Health Guide
Arrhythmia Patient Guide
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...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 »Images
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