Areas of increased enhancement (radioactive isotopes) in bone scintigraphy are common in which pathology?

Question
Hello doctor,
Can you help me answer the common disease in which disease is the area of ​​increased enhancement (radioactive isotopes) in bone scans? Thanks for the advice doctor.
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Answer
Answered by Master, Doctor Nguyen Quang Duc - Department of Diagnostic Imaging and Nuclear Medicine, Vinmec Times City International General Hospital.
Hello,
With the question “In which pathology is the increased enhancement (radioisotope) region seen in bone scans? ", the doctor would like to answer as follows:
Bone scintigraphy is a technique using the SPECT/CT machine system to help diagnose a number of bone diseases. Your doctor may order a bone scan if you have bone pain that has not been diagnosed, or if you have a bone infection or bone injury that cannot be clearly identified on an X-ray. .
Bone scintigraphy is also a very important means of detecting whether cancer has spread (metastasized) into the skeletal system, for example in breast cancer, prostate cancer, lung cancer, etc. ..
In scintigraphy, doctors often use the term increased radioactivity or increased absorption of radioisotopes to refer to an area that is brighter than normal, it can be encountered when there is a lesion or normal physiology. Depending on the location, part, organ and type of scan done.
If you still have questions about the area of ​​increased enhancement (radioactive isotopes) in bone scintigraphy, you can go to the hospital of Vinmec Health System for further examination and advice. Thank you for trusting and sending questions to Vinmec. Wishing you lots of health.
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