Hampton hump

Hampton hump

Hampton's hump, also Hampton hump, is a radiologic sign seen on chest X-rays indicating pulmonary infarction and classically due to pulmonary embolism induced atelectasis.

It consists of a pleura based shallow wedge-shaped consolidation in the lung periphery with the base against the pleural surface.

It is named after Aubrey Otis Hampton. [WhoNamedIt|synd|3136] [Hampton, The American Journal of Roentgenology and Radium Therapy, 1940, 43:305.]

ee also

*Westermark sign

References

External links

* [http://rad.usuhs.mil/medpix/medpix.html?mode=quiz&imid=7946 MedPix: Hampton hump]


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