gastric ulcers

criteria for benignity:
• projection beyond luminal contour
• depth > width

• smooth fading of gastric folds
• lesser curvature (not reliable)
• concomitant duodenal ulcers
• Hampden's line (1-mm lucent line)
• persistent pooling of barium in crater

see also: Carman meniscus sign

© 2002, C.E. Kahn, Jr.
2002-04-18