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A 57-year old male asked:

CT of head without contrast showed minimal atherosclerotic calcifications of the carotid siphons. Is this a predictor of a disease or should I be concerned and have another test performed? The CT was done due to prolonged headaches of 4 days?

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A 34-year old asked:

What does CT scan of head without contrast show?

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A 29-year old female asked:

Had ct of head with and without contrast for HA. Results show small cyst and recommend MRI. Should I be concerned?

1 doctor answer • 1 doctor weighed in

A 29-year old asked:

Is it possible for a CT scan of the head *without* contrast to show an unruptured brain aneurysm?

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A 22-year old male asked:

Can a CT scan of the head without contrast dye detect brain aneurysms?

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A 42-year old asked:

What does it mean to have a head and orbit CT with contrast?

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A 32-year old asked:

What does it mean to have a head and orbit CT w/ and w/o contrast?

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A 25-year old female asked:

Had head CT order w/ and w/o contrast. After they took the first scan w/o contrast they didn't do the scan w/ contrast. Why did they not do the 2nd?

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A 28-year old male asked:

What would a CT head scan show versus having a MRI head scan? And with or without contrast?

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A 32-year old asked:

After I got my head CT with contrast I felt warm for a little while, is that normal please?

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A 32-year old female asked:

Had a CT w/o contrast on my head. Found a 1.2 x 0.8 hyperdense lesion in the right frontal region. Neurology appt is 5/30/14. Do i need one sooner?

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A 29-year old female asked:

If a head & neck CT with contrast didn't show anything 6 months ago, what is the likelihood it would now? Still having pain and still no diagnosis.

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A 29-year old asked:

How long does it take for a contrast head CT to detect cancer?

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A 59-year old female asked:

A recent CT head scan (no contrast) showed calcified carotid siphons, should I have further tests done?

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A 44-year old asked:

What to do if I had a non-contrast CT head scan in march of this year. if What to do if I had pontine glioma would it have been detected?

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A 28-year old male asked:

Ct of head w/o contrast in aug 2012. Mri with and w/o contrast in february 2013. If i had another MRI this month, is this too much radiation?

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A 25-year old female asked:

I fell and hit the back of my head 1 month ago. It's still tender to touch is that normal? My neck hurts too. I had 4 normal non contrast CT.

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A 27-year old female asked:

Im getting a CT of head with contrast. Doc told me to check some levels to see if its ok to use contrast.What would that be?Something like keratin?

1 doctor answer • 9 doctors weighed in

A 47-year old asked:

Can head CT w&wo contrast cause brain tumors?

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A 24-year old female asked:

Can a non contrast head CT scan miss anything?

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A 29-year old female asked:

29 year old female 2 head CT scans without contrast within 2 months of one another. What is my cancer risk? I have read "small" or "negligible"

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A 39-year old female asked:

Top of head dull h/a daily. Had a CT w & w/o contrast - normal. Would a neurologist be able to eval me w/o having to do a MRI. No other symptoms.

1 doctor answer • 4 doctors weighed in

A 32-year old female asked:

Had a CT scan w contrast for up rt ab pain.Rslt:Pancreas full appreciated head, but is uniform w no discrete mass psbl normal variant. Is that common?

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A 27-year old male asked:

Does the head CT scan with and without contrast i got affect my ability to have children in future ?Does it mean that i can't marry now ? Im only 26yr

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A 36-year old female asked:

I was having some off balance problems. Had CT of top of head no contrast. Not of cerebellum. Ct scan was clear. Should I get one of cerebellum?

1 doctor answer • 1 doctor weighed in

A 39-year old female asked:

A clear eye exam, but still having pain one eye. Had a CT head scan w/ & w/o contrast clear for h/a. Should I get 2nd eye exam? Pain, no vision prob

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A 26-year old female asked:

Hit head 5 days ago. Worsening headache since then. NON contrast CT scan today due to vomiting once this morning. Normal scan. Is this test sensitive?

2 doctor answers • 3 doctors weighed in

A 25-year old male asked:

I have been having chronic head pressure as well asvertigo for 18 days. I had a CT scan and an MRI with andwithout contrast. It came normal. What do I do?

4 doctor answers • 4 doctors weighed in

A 54-year old female asked:

Had two head ct scans in ER. One with contrast, one without. Both scans done within two hours of each other. Will I get ct scan induced cancer later in life. Are the risk negligible at my age?

2 doctor answers • 2 doctors weighed in

A 63-year old female asked:

I had a CT of head and neck with contrast. I was pushed under CT scan. Tech said would be about three minutes but I was under it for 20 minutes.They inserted contrast and was out.Is this normal?Could they have left radiation on by error? Why so long?

2 doctor answers • 3 doctors weighed in

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