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