Hampton's line

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.

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

Eponymous medical signs for digestive system and abdomen

Digestive system

GI tract	Goodsall's rule Chilaiditi syndrome intussusception: Dance's sign Lockwood's sign appendicitis: Aaron's sign Arapov's sign (contracture) Dunphy sign Markle sign McBurney's point Rosenstein's sign Rovsing's sign Sherren's triangle Aure-Rozanova's sign Alder's sign pancreatitis Mallet-Guy sign Radiologic signs: Hampton's line Klemm's sign

Accessory	liver: Councilman body Mallory body biliary: Boas' sign Courvoisier's law Charcot's cholangitis triad/Reynolds' pentad cholecystitis (Murphy's sign Lépine's sign) Nardi test

Abdominopelvic

Peritoneum	Blumberg sign Rigler's sign Cupola sign

Hernia	Howship–Romberg sign Hannington-Kiff sign

Other	Fothergill's sign Carnett's sign

Abdominal

general

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