Hampton's line
Medical condition
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Differential diagnosis | mucosal edema |
Hampton's line is a thin, radiolucent line seen across the neck of a gastric ulcer filled with barium sulphate during a barium meal. It is a sign of mucosal edema.[citation needed]
It is named after Aubrey Otis Hampton.[1]
References
- ^ Hampton's line at Who Named It?
External links
- Hampton's line image at learningradiology.com
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Signs and symptoms relating to the human digestive system or abdomen
tract
- Nausea
- Vomiting
- Heartburn
- Aerophagia
- Pica
- Trichophagia
- Pagophagia
- Geophagia
- Dysphagia
- Odynophagia
- Bad breath
- Xerostomia
- Hypersalivation
- Burping
- Goodsall's rule
- Chilaiditi syndrome
- Dance's sign
- Aaron's sign
- Arapov's sign
- Markle's sign
- McBurney's point
- Sherren's triangle
- Radiologic signs: Hampton's line
- Klemm's sign
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