Edematous thickening of the gallbladder wall in a patient with cardiac failure and ascites.
Causes of gallbladder wall thickening on ultrasound.
The secondary gallbladder wall thickening is presumably due to elevated portal venous pressure and decreased intravascular osmotic pressure.
Thickening of the gallbladder wall usually considered 3 mm is a non specific sign of various conditions.
The case on the left is a patient with liver cirrhosis.
Thus for all non emergent exams a fasting period of 6 12 hours fewer or none in children is advised to achieve maximal gallbladder distension.
Common causes of bladder wall thickening include.
In general most pathological processes affecting the gallbladder will cause thickening either due to inflammation or due to precipitation of bile contents due to prolonged stasis.
Inflammation due to urinary tract infection uti a uti is often the result of bacteria entering the urethra and then the bladder.
Ultrasound and ct are both sensitive to the diagnosis.
Postprandial physiological state pseudothickening gallbladder overall decompressed.
Diffuse thickening of the gallbladder wall can occur in a number of situations.
Edematous thickening of the gallbladder wall longitudinal edematous thickening of the gallbladder wall longitudinal.
The diagnosis is made on imaging studies.
Pseudothickening caused by the normal postprandial state of the contracted gallbladder is also extremely common 5.
Gallbladder wall thickening can be caused by inflammatory benign and malignant etiologies.