| Hampton line | A thin radiolucent band across the neck of a contrast-filled benign gastric ulcer, indicating mucosal oedema. Compare: Carman's sign. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Hampton, Aubrey Otis | <person> U.S. Radiologist, 1900-1955. See: Hampton line, Hampton manoeuvre, Hampton technique, Hampton's hump. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| hampton hump | <radiology> Pleural-based shallow consolidation in the form of a truncated cone with the base against the pleural surface, seen in pulmonary infarction (12 Dec 1998) |
| Hampton manoeuvre | Rolling a supine patient to the right and then left side to obtain an air contrast radiograph of the contrast-coated antrum and duodenum in gastrointestinal fluoroscopy. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Hampton's hump | A juxtapleural pulmonary soft tissue density on a chest radiograph, convex toward the hilum, usually at the costophrenic angle; described as a manifestation of pulmonary infarction. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Hampton technique | An obsolete term for atraumatic, nonpalpation, fluoroscopic examination of the upper gastrointestinal tract in peptic ulcer disease with acute haemorrhage. (05 Mar 2000) |
| alveolonasal line | A line connecting the alveolar point and the nasion. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Amberg's lateral sinus line | A line dividing the angle formed by the anterior edge of the mastoid process and the temporal line. (05 Mar 2000) |
| anocutaneous line | The line between the simple columnar epithelium of the rectum and the stratified epithelium of the anal canal. Synonym: linea anocutanea, anocutaneous line, dentate line. (05 Mar 2000) |
| anterior axillary line | A vertical line extending inferiorly from the anterior axillary fold. Synonym: linea axillaris anterior, linea preaxillaris, preaxillary line. (05 Mar 2000) |
| anterior junction line | Radiographic projection of the mediastinal tissue septum between the upper lobes behind the sternum. (05 Mar 2000) |
| anterior median line | The line of intersection of the midsagittal plane with the anterior surface of the body. Synonym: linea mediana anterior. (05 Mar 2000) |
| arcuate line | An arching or bow-shaped line. See: arcuate line of ilium, arcuate line of rectus sheath. Synonym: linea arcuata. (05 Mar 2000) |
| arcuate line of ilium | The iliac portion of the linea terminalis of the bony pelvis. Synonym: linea arcuata ossis ilii. (05 Mar 2000) |
| arcuate line of rectus sheath | A crescentic line, not always clearly defined, which marks the lower limit of the posterior layer of the sheath of the rectus abdominis muscle. Synonym: linea arcuata vaginae musculi recti abdominis, Douglas' line, linea saemicircularis, saemicircular line. (05 Mar 2000) |
| arterial line | An intra-arterial catheter. (05 Mar 2000) |