The diagnosis is made on imaging studies.
Causes of gallbladder wall thickening on ultrasound.
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.
Edematous thickening of the gallbladder wall longitudinal edematous thickening of the gallbladder wall longitudinal.
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.
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.
Treatment strategies are based on the cause of the wall thickening.
The secondary gallbladder wall thickening is presumably due to elevated portal venous pressure and decreased intravascular osmotic pressure.
Diffuse thickening of the gallbladder wall can occur in a number of situations.
The case on the left is a patient with liver cirrhosis.
Edematous thickening of the gallbladder wall in a patient with cardiac failure and ascites.
There is also some thickened bile and there are gallstones.
Postprandial physiological state pseudothickening gallbladder overall decompressed.
Common causes of bladder wall thickening include.