Hampton's line

Hampton's line
Hampton's line
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.

It is named after Aubrey Otis Hampton.^[1]

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Radiologic signs
Cardiovascular	Aortic unfolding Dense artery sign Halo sign
Respiratory	Air crescent sign Deep sulcus sign Golden S sign Hampton hump Kerley lines Peribronchial cuffing Sail sign of the chest Silhouette sign Steeple sign Thumbprint sign Traction bronchiectasis Tree-in-bud sign Westermark sign
Urogenital	Canga's bead symptom
Musculoskeletal	Crescent sign Fabella sign Fat pad sign/Sail sign of the elbow Osteopathia striata
Gastrointestinal	Cupola sign Double bubble Endoexoenteric Football sign Hampton's line Hot quadrate sign Mumoli's sign Omental cake Pneumatosis intestinalis Rigler's sign Sentinel loop
Neurological	Hyperdense middle cerebral artery