Causes Of Gallbladder Wall Thickening

Cholecystitis acute cholecystitis chronic cholecystitis gallbladder empyema 7 xanthogranulomatous cholecystitis.

Causes of gallbladder wall thickening.

The case on the left is a patient with liver cirrhosis. Gallbladder wall thickening can be caused by inflammatory benign and malignant etiologies. Fever and possibly chills. Jaundice yellowing of the skin or eyes dark urine and.

Postprandial physiological state pseudothickening gallbladder overall decompressed gallbladder overall. Other speculated mechanisms of gallbladder wall thickening in the disease states above are increased portal venous pressure and generalized edema. Pseudothickening caused by the normal postprandial state of the contracted gallbladder is also extremely common 5. Alone or as a secondary mechanism in patients with cirrhosis heart failure or renal disease.

Diffuse thickening of the gallbladder wall can occur in a number of situations. Symptoms of acute cholecystitis may include. You may feel this discomfort in the center of the upper abdomen just below the breastbone or in the upper right portion of the abdomen. Thickening of the gallbladder wall is always abnormal although the significance of the thickening is highly dependent upon the underlying disease process.

Liver cirrhosis hepatitis and congestive right heart failure are relatively frequent causes.