What is a PET/CT scan? Positron Emission Tomography (PET) and Computed Tomography (CT) scans are both standard imaging tools that physicians use to pinpoint disease states in the body. A PET scan images the cellular activity of the body at a very early stage, often before anatomical changes take place.
Tularemia is a rare infectious disease that typically attacks the skin, eyes, lymph nodes and lungs. Tularemia â also called rabbit fever or deer fly fever â is caused by the bacterium Francisella tularensis.
Thalassemia is an inherited (i.e., passed from parents to children through genes) blood disorder caused when the body doesnât make enough of a protein called hemoglobin, an important part of red blood cells.halassemia is an inherited (i.e., passed from parents to children through genes) blood disorder caused when the body doesnât make enough of a protein called hemoglobin, an important part of red blood cells.