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.

Hampton's line
Differential diagnosismucosal edema

It is named after Aubrey Otis Hampton.[1]

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