Causes Of Gallbladder Wall Thickening

Postprandial physiological state pseudothickening gallbladder overall decompressed gallbladder overall.

Causes of gallbladder wall thickening.

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. The case on the left is a patient with liver cirrhosis. Pseudothickening caused by the normal postprandial state of the contracted gallbladder is also extremely common 5.

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. Liver cirrhosis hepatitis and congestive right heart failure are relatively frequent causes. Cholecystitis acute cholecystitis chronic cholecystitis gallbladder empyema 7 xanthogranulomatous cholecystitis.

Thickening of the gallbladder wall is always abnormal although the significance of the thickening is highly dependent upon the underlying disease process. Other speculated mechanisms of gallbladder wall thickening in the disease states above are increased portal venous pressure and generalized edema. Fever and possibly chills. Gallbladder wall thickening can be caused by inflammatory benign and malignant etiologies.

It can be caused by multiple factors and conditions including renal failure liver failure heart failure ascites hypoproteinemia and inflammation.