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Hampton's hump
Associated persons:
Aubrey Otis Hampton
Description:
A juxtapleural pulmonary soft tissue density in the form of a truncated cone with the base against the pleural surface on a chest x-ray, seen in pulmonary infarction.
Bibliography:
Described by Hampton in:
The American Journal of Roentgenology and Radium Therapy, 1940, 43: 305.
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