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Journal Article
Revisiting ‘hot cross bun’ sign: a multicentre MRI study of 97 patients with autopsy-confirmed multiple system atrophy
2025
Overview
BackgroundThe purpose of this study was to clarify the usefulness of the ‘hot cross bun’ sign (HCBS) as a diagnostic imaging marker in a large cohort of patients with multiple system atrophy (MSA) and spinocerebellar ataxia (SCA).MethodsThis multicentre study included 97 patients with neuropathologically confirmed MSA, and 105 patients with genetically confirmed SCA. Neuroimaging features, including HCBS and middle cerebellar peduncle (MCP) hyperintensities, were assessed. HCBS was graded from 0 to 2: 0, none; 1, only a vertical hyperintense line; and 2, a cruciform hyperintense line. The neuropathological correlates of HCBS were evaluated in 15 patients with MSA with ≤3 months between MRI and autopsy.ResultsIn patients with a disease duration <3 years, grade 1 or 2 HCBS was detected in 100% patients with MSA with predominant cerebellar ataxia (MSA-C) and 39.0% with SCA; whereas grade 2 HCBS was observed in 50% with MSA-C and 2.4% with SCA. Moreover, the coexistence of grade 2 HCBS and MCP hyperintensities exhibited a specificity of 100%. A neuropathological assessment revealed myelin loss, alpha-synuclein aggregates and astrocytic reaction in the MCP, transverse fibres, central zone between longitudinal fasciculi and raphe nucleus, with relative preservation in the longitudinal fasciculi and medial lemniscus in patients with MSA and grade 2 HCBS.ConclusionsGrade 1 or 2 HCBS is a highly sensitive finding in patients with MSA-C, and the observation of grade 2 HCBS within 3 years of motor symptom onset has excellent specificity for discriminating MSA-C from SCA, especially when accompanied by MCP hyperintensities.
Publisher
BMJ Publishing Group Ltd,BMJ Publishing Group LTD
Subject
/ Aged
/ Ataxia
/ Atrophy
/ Autopsy
/ Disease
/ Female
/ Humans
/ Male
/ Middle Cerebellar Peduncle - diagnostic imaging
/ Middle Cerebellar Peduncle - pathology
/ MRI
/ Multiple System Atrophy - diagnosis
/ Multiple System Atrophy - diagnostic imaging
/ Multiple System Atrophy - pathology
/ Patients
/ Spinocerebellar Ataxias - diagnosis
