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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Overview
Hampton's hump, also Hampton hump, is a radiologic sign seen on chest X-rays indicating pulmonary infarction and classically due to pulmonary embolism.
It consists of a pleura based shallow wedge-shaped consolidation in the lung periphery with the base against the pleural surface.
Etymology
It is named after Aubrey Otis Hampton.
Also see
References
- Hampton, The American Journal of Roentgenology and Radium Therapy, 1940, 43:305.
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