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Hampton hump

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Hampton's hump, also called Hampton hump, is a radiologic sign seen on chest radiographs indicating pulmonary infarction and atelectasis classically due to pulmonary embolism. It was first described by Aubrey Otis Hampton in 1940.[1][2]

It consists of a shallow wedge-shaped opacity in the periphery of the lung with it's base against the pleural surface.

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References

  1. ^ synd/3136 at Who Named It?
  2. ^ Hampton AO, Castleman B (1940). "Correlation of postmortem chest teleroentgenograms with autopsy findings: with special reference to pulmonary embolism and infarction". Am J Roentgenol Radium Ther. 34: 305–326.
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