The “Hot Cross Bun” Sign in Leptomeningeal Carcinomatosis
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The hot cross bun sign.
Hot cross bun sign refers to the cruciform-shaped hyperintensity on T2W axial magnetic resonance images (MRI) in multisystem atrophy due to the selective loss of myelinated transverse pontocerebellar fibers and neurons in the pontine raphe and sparing of the pontine tegmentum and corticospinal tracts [Figure 1, Figure 2].[1] The name derives from a sweet spiced bun baked by the Christian church...
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عنوان ژورنال: Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences / Journal Canadien des Sciences Neurologiques
سال: 2013
ISSN: 0317-1671,2057-0155
DOI: 10.1017/s0317167100014736