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ReviewMovement disorders clinical practice2022

The "Hot Cross Bun Sign" in Spinocerebellar Ataxia Types 2 and 7-Case Reports and Review of Literature.

Ansuya Kasavelu Naidoo, Cait-Lynn Deanne Wells, Yashvir Rugbeer, Neil Naidoo

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Review in Movement disorders clinical practice, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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14citing papers in PubMed
1.4field-weighted citation impact, top 21% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

14 citing papers in PubMed, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

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  7. Involvement of the Cerebellar Peduncles inInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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  13. The Hot Cross Bun Sign: A Journey Across Etiologies.Movement disorders clinical practice · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Ansuya Kasavelu NaidooGreys Academic Hospital Pietermaritzburg South Africa.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8795-6990
Cait-Lynn Deanne WellsGreys Academic Hospital Pietermaritzburg South Africa.
Yashvir RugbeerGreys Academic Hospital Pietermaritzburg South Africa.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4692-1783
Neil NaidooGreys Academic Hospital Pietermaritzburg South Africa.
Grey's Hospital · ZA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: The "hot cross bun" sign is a cruciform hyperintensity is seen on T2 weighted imaging within the pons. The sign is considered to be pathognomic for Multiple system atrophy type C. The clinical and radiological features of Multiple system atrophy type C overlap with the autosomal dominant inherited ataxias. We present a case series of 3 African patients with genetically proven Spinocerebellar Ataxia presenting with the Hot cross bun sign and a scoping review of similar studies. Cases: We described the phenotypic and radiological presentation of genetically confirmed SCA-2 in two, and SCA-7 in one patient, with the "hot cross bun" sign. Literature Review: We performed a scoping review on the Hot Cross Bun Sign.A total of 66 articles were retrieved. We describe the diverse aetiologies of the sign and associated phenotypic and radiological features. We review the Spinocerebellar Ataxias described with a Hot cross bun sign and make comparisons to Multiple System Atrophy Type C [Ref. 1,2]. Conclusions: To our knowledge this is the first description of an African cohort presenting with the Hot Cross Bun Sign. We expand the differential diagnosis of the Hot Cross Bun Sign.

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hot cross bun signmultiple system atrophy (MSA)spinocerebellar ataxia type 2 and 7

Identifiers

PMID36339304
PMCPMC9631856
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