Gastric ulcers
*Signs of benignancy• smooth ulcer mound with
tapering edges• edematous ulcer collar with
overhanging mucosal edge • radiating folds extending into the
crater • depth of ulcer greater than width• sharply marginated contour• Hampton's line
– (thin, sharp, lucent line that traverses the orifice of the ulcer)'
*Signs of malignancy • ulcer within the lumen of the stomach• ulcer eccentrically located within the
tumor mound
• nodular, rolled, irregular, or shouldered edges
• shallow ulcer with a width greater than its depth
• Carmen meniscus sign – (large flatbased ulcer with
heaped-up edges that fold inward to trap lens-shaped barium collection that is convex toward the lumen)
Peptic Ulcer DIsease
Gastric Cancer