Edematous thickening of the gallbladder wall in a patient with cardiac failure and ascites.
Causes of gallbladder wall thickening on ultrasound.
Liver cirrhosis hepatitis and congestive right heart failure are relatively frequent causes.
Diffuse thickening of the gallbladder wall can occur in a number of situations.
Ultrasound and ct are both sensitive to the diagnosis.
Pseudothickening caused by the normal postprandial state of the contracted gallbladder is also extremely common 5.
The diagnosis is made on imaging studies.
There is also some thickened bile and there are gallstones.
Postprandial physiological state pseudothickening gallbladder overall decompressed.
The secondary gallbladder wall thickening is presumably due to elevated portal venous pressure and decreased intravascular osmotic pressure.
Edematous thickening of the gallbladder wall longitudinal edematous thickening of the gallbladder wall longitudinal.
Common causes of bladder wall thickening include.
The case on the left is a patient with liver cirrhosis.
Gallbladder wall thickening can be caused by inflammatory benign and malignant etiologies.
Thickening of the gallbladder wall usually considered 3 mm is a non specific sign of various conditions.
Treatment strategies are based on the cause of the wall thickening.