Hampton's hump

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]

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.

It is named after Aubrey Otis Hampton.

• Westermark sign

• Hampton, The American Journal of Roentgenology and Radium Therapy, 1940, 43:305.

• MedPix: Hampton hump

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